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For far too long in our country serving in federal office has been nothing more than the top rung of the ladder for most of our elected officials' chosen career. Some young city councilman joins the legislature, biding their time till a house seat opens up, so they can get enough name ID to jump in a Senate race. These campaigns always ran the same lines, “I can compromise”, “it’s time to work across the aisle” and “let me be your voice and break up the partisan gridlock.”. Despite sounding cute, and making us feel good, most of these campaigns...

Not long ago, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen insisted that inflation was “transitory.” For instance, in May, Yellen said, “My judgment right now is that the recent inflation that we have seen will be temporary. It’s not something that’s endemic.” In June, she doubled-down, saying, “We have in recent months seen some inflation … But I personally believe that this represents transitory factors.” Then, in July, Yellen stated, “I think over the medium term, we’ll see inflation decline back to a normal level.” That was then, this is now. On October 24, while appearing on CNN’s State of the Union, Yellen...

....Biden gave Pope Francis a coin in memory of his deceased son Beau and a handwoven garment from a historic Washington church during his first visit to the Vatican since taking office. Biden, the second Roman Catholic American president, said the coin was inscribed with his home state of Delaware and the 261st Signal Brigade that his son Beau Biden served in. Beau died of brain cancer in 2015...

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Ross Douthat has a powerful new book about his battle with chronic Lyme disease. In "The Deep Places: A Memoir of Illness and Discovery," he writes beautifully, with honesty and gratitude. I was overcome with emotion when I got to the part about our mutual friend Andrew Walther, who died a year ago. Douthat describes Andrew as "a Knight of Columbus and energetic global diplomat who was saving Middle Eastern Christians from the Islamic State while I was wandering around our rural property and dosing myself with tetracycline and tweeting against Trump. He and his wife had their fourth child...

“'My Cuban Missile Crisis tryst with JFK': When the United States stood on the brink of nuclear Armageddon during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, President John F Kennedy sent his wife and children away to stay at the family's summer farm in Virginia. But he pulled his 19-year-old mistress (Mimi Alford) close, summoning her from her college while he stared down the Soviet Union.” But don’t take this appalling datum from me. After all, I’m an “embittered right-wing-Cuban exile with an axe to grind.” Fine. Take it from JFK’s mistress-of- the-minute herself. Details here. Presidential mistress (while a teenager) Mimi...

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Human rights usually feature prominently in America's political rhetoric but fade insignificance when it comes to concrete action. That trend can take a historic turn when it comes to Iran, where a genocidal madman has taken the presidency. That the presidency of Ebrahim Raisi in Iran hasn't galvanized governments in the West and in the U.S. in particular to pursue his prosecution is still a mystery. Human rights groups, UN experts, Nobel laureates, scores of elected officials, lawmakers, and journalists have already expressed outrage over Raisi's rise to power. And justifiably so. In 1988, Raisi was one of the members...

A threat of a possible ISIS attack on US soil has put put police on high alert after a law enforcement alert warned that the international terrorist group could strike malls and shopping centers in Northern Virginia. On Thursday 'we received information concerning potential public safety impacts to malls and shopping centers across the region,' Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said at a press conference Friday afternoon. Davis did not mention what type of warning they received from ISIS beyond calling it 'information that we have that we're simply acting on'. However, CBS News reported the threat originated with...

Musk's net worth hit $302billion as of Thursday, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires' Index The increase of $10billion was due to a rise in Tesla shares on Thursday after the car firm announced a 100,000 car deal with rental firm Hertz The mogul is now worth over $100billion more than the second-richest person on earth, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who's worth sits at $199billion Musk is now worth more than the annual GDP of nations like Egypt, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Greece, Qatar and Finland He's also worth more than the market value of PayPal, the company he co-founded, as...

I revered Dr. King. Still do. Fusing Christian thought with Gandhi’s tactic of “satyagraha,” King immortalized the idea that regular people could peacefully lock arms in civil disobedience to abolish bad laws. Jim Crow laws, in his case. In a 1957 speech, King quoted Faust author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe about the tragedy of the human condition: “There’s enough stuff in me to make both a gentleman and a rogue,” he said, paraphrasing Goethe’s “Two souls live in me, alas, irreconcilable with one another.” King quoted Plato’s comparison of man’s “struggle within” to a charioteer with “two headstrong horses, each...

Many Americans are understandably stunned by the Biden administration’s plot to deploy FBI agents to muzzle parents from speaking their minds at school board meetings. As Indiana’s attorney general, I regularly defend our citizens’ liberties against the creeping overreach of the left-wing radicals who control much of our nation’s federal government. Nonetheless, even I was surprised by the sheer audacity of the White House scheme in this instance. This blatant assault on the First Amendment is exactly the sort of occasion that requires all liberty-loving citizens to rise to the challenge of preserving the things we hold most precious. That’s...

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If the Constitution were construed in accordance with its plain and intended meaning, there would be no question but that every member of Congress who is a self-described socialist would be ineligible to hold federal or state legislative, executive, and judicial office. Among self-avowed socialists serving in Congress are Democratic Socialists of America members Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; Rashida Tlaib; Cori Bush; and Jamaal Bowman. Senator Bernie Sanders and Congresswoman Ilhan Omar likewise describe themselves as “democratic socialists.” None is eligible to be in office under Article VI, Clause 3 of the Constitution. Moreover, legislators, executives, and jurists on the state and...

No, this is not a sick joke. The Biden administration, in cooperation with the American Civil Liberties Union, is preparing to excavate your wallet because some illegal immigrants were separated from their families for a short time when they criminally crossed our fenceless Southern border. Biden and his socialist sycophants want you to make amends because the onslaught of illegals overran existing detention facilities. In a small percentage of the hundreds of thousands of cases, Big Bad Orange Man separated children, including teenagers, from their parents for a short time. In many cases, the children and adults were not really...

The Blackhawks have requested that Brad Aldrich's name be removed from the Stanley Cup. The news was first reported by ESPN's Emily Kaplan. Kyle Beach, a former Chicago first-round pick (No. 11 overall) in 2008 who recently came forward as John Doe in the lawsuit against the Blackhawks, alleged that former video coach Brad Aldrich sexually assaulted him during the 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The findings of the independent investigation were released publicly on Tuesday. Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz sent a letter to Hockey Hall of Fame chairman Lanny McDonald, asking for Aldrich's name to be stamped over. Here's the...

The teachings of the Lord on Hell are difficult, especially in today’s climate. I recently gave some talks at a Renewal Ministries conference in Ann Arbor Michigan and promised the participants I would repost this for their reference. When the videos of the conference come available, I will link to them. The most difficult questions on Hell that arise relate to its eternal nature and how to square its existence with a God who is loving and rich in mercy.1. Does God love the souls in Hell? Yes.How could they continue to exist if He did not love them, sustain...

October 30th, 2021 Our Lady of the Shoals, Tuscumbia, Alabama Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingRomans 11:1-2,11-12,25-29 ©The Jews have not fallen for everLet me put a question: is it possible that God has rejected his people? Of course not. I, an Israelite, descended from Abraham through the tribe of Benjamin, could never agree that God had rejected his people, the people he chose specially long ago. Do you remember what scripture says of Elijah – how he complained to God about Israel’s behaviour? Let me put another question then: have the Jews fallen for ever, or have they...

No, not I. Whether in history, or in current events, we often read of horrible crimes, committed by horrible people. If it so happens, as too rarely it does, that the miscreant is caught, then we call for his punishment. Let him pay for the crimes he has committed. Who could feel sorry for such an evildoer? Why does he even get a defender? The victim has suffered; let the one who inflicted such pain feel it himself. If he begs for mercy, then show him the same mercy he had for the one he tormented. There, it is done,...

How we respond to crises often tells us a lot about the motivations of the parties involved in making public policy solutions. For instance, Donald Trump chose a federalist-style response to Covid-19 that allowed localities to target policy in a manner that best suited local constituents. It would be disingenuous to suggest that there was no personal motivation involved in his decision and that at least, in part, his administration’s response was built around protecting the record economy that he had built. Similarly, his opponents focused primarily on driving the fear that would keep voters home, destroying the economy, and...