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Can Conservatives Get A Fair Trial In D.C.?

August 28, 2023 Frontpage Comments Off on Can Conservatives Get A Fair Trial In D.C.?

By DEACON MIKE MANNO Last week I posed the question whether pro-lifers could get a fair trial in Washington, D.C. I had not planned on a follow-up column, but recent political stories have changed my mind and my focus. No longer do I ask the question about pro-lifers, but now I ask it about conservatives and Republicans in general.And the closer I look at this, the more I have grave concerns about the state of justice in our Capitol City. The state of justice should be of concern for any American; after all, this is the land of fairness where Lady Justice wears a blindfold. But are we still sure?Just a couple of things from recent news coverage that should…Continue Reading

Minds Closed And Gates Welded Open . . . Critics See U.S. Weakened By Onslaught Of Leftist Compulsion

August 27, 2023 Frontpage Comments Off on Minds Closed And Gates Welded Open . . . Critics See U.S. Weakened By Onslaught Of Leftist Compulsion

By DEXTER DUGGAN PHOENIX — The news that Joe Biden’s government permanently welded open 114 floodgates in the border wall in Arizona to make certain it was even easier for illegal immigrants to pour into the United States highlighted the image of Biden making this a doormat nation that anyone can tread on.An article posted August 21 at the New York Post said, “Each of the 114 gates in Arizona, which have been open for nearly two months, has 12-foot doors wide enough for a motorcycle to drive through. Smugglers drive busloads of migrants to the Mexican side of the border, where they get off and simply walk into the U.S.”Damning photos accompanied the article, which said that the Grand…Continue Reading

Holodomor? What’s That?

August 25, 2023 Frontpage Comments Off on Holodomor? What’s That?

By CHRISTOPHER MANION “Let’s not mince words. Russia’s dictator, Vladimir Putin, and his regime are evil,” writes Rutgers Professor Alexander J. Motyl.The language gives rise to memories of another prelude to an American war. The date was September 14, 2001; the occasion was George W. Bush’s address to both Houses of Congress after the terrorist attacks of 9-11:“Just three days removed from these events,” the president said, “Americans do not yet have the distance of history. But our responsibility to history is already clear: to answer these attacks and rid the world of evil.”“Rid the world of evil?”Well, it doesn’t look like we can say “mission accomplished” just yet. And today U.S. policy in Ukraine resembles that in Iraq twenty-two…Continue Reading

Neither Left Nor Right, But Catholic . . . Reflections On The Trump Prosecutions

August 25, 2023 Frontpage Comments Off on Neither Left Nor Right, But Catholic . . . Reflections On The Trump Prosecutions

By STEPHEN M. KRASON The legal turmoil that we are witnessing concerning the indictments of Donald Trump — one after another, it seems — is, in my judgment, the most serious political and governmental crisis in most of our lifetimes, easily outstripping Watergate. Not only are the charges made against him an apparent stretch of the law, but in some cases a seeming manufacturing of law. I have written previously in this column of how the left in America does not seem so committed to the rule of law, which is a bedrock principle of our democratic republic.The Trump prosecutions seem to be outrightly illustrative of that. A political motivation — at least in part — for the prosecutions is…Continue Reading

A Book Review… Treasuring The Goods Of Marriage In A Throwaway Society

August 24, 2023 Frontpage Comments Off on A Book Review… Treasuring The Goods Of Marriage In A Throwaway Society

By PAUL KRAUSE What is love? This short but profound question has vexed humans since the dawn of writing and thinking. It is, I would argue, the most important question humans can ask. For the longest time, humans considered love to be related to marriage. Not anymore, much to the detriment of souls and society.It could be easy to be pessimistic over the state of decay. Polarization. Pandemics. War. Drag Queen Story Hours. Broken souls abound in a seemingly broken society. Is there a cause for hope?Yes! Peter Kwasniewski, in his new book Treasuring the Goods of Marriage in a Throwaway Society, sees hope in the possibility of rebuilding love and marriage in a world desperate for love but drowning…Continue Reading

Except In Biden’s Dem World… Conservative Political Successes Keep Popping Up With Countries’ Voters

August 23, 2023 Frontpage Comments Off on Except In Biden’s Dem World… Conservative Political Successes Keep Popping Up With Countries’ Voters

By DEXTER DUGGAN New conservative faces and/or power in politics seem to be popping up in country after country — sometimes “surprisingly,” we’re told — while in the U.S. the only supposedly acceptable “liberal” Democrat for four more years as president looks like he might not be able to last through 2024.As this was written on August 16, the latest “surprising” conservative electoral victor is Argentinian presidential primary winner Javier Milei. Among his beliefs, Milei is described as being pro-life, favoring “life, liberty and property,” gun ownership and Donald Trump — while rejecting theoretical “climate change.” On this basis, he sounds rather like an Argentinian Rand Paul.However, in line with what are said to be Milei’s libertarian beliefs, he is…Continue Reading

A Beacon Of Light… The Holy Spirit’s Quiet, But Powerful Style

August 22, 2023 Frontpage Comments Off on A Beacon Of Light… The Holy Spirit’s Quiet, But Powerful Style

By FR. RICHARD D. BRETON We all like spectacular fireworks! They are exciting, impressive, and exhilarating. They invoke within us a sense of celebration. Fireworks, however, soon lose their luster and only the experience or memory of the lights in the sky remain in our minds.Sometimes we place the Holy Spirit in this same category. We often expect the Holy Spirit to act within our lives like spectacular fireworks. It’s true that the Church’s first Pentecost had some spectacular fireworks. The Apostles and other Christians were gathered “in one place together.” Then a thunderous noise like a strong wind, like a tornado, came from the sky. And then flames appeared. Flames of fire just appeared out of nowhere, spontaneously, hovering…Continue Reading

“Try That” And “Rich Men”. . . Does Huge Approval Of Defiant Songs Show How Fragile Dems’ Rule Is?

August 21, 2023 Frontpage Comments Off on “Try That” And “Rich Men”. . . Does Huge Approval Of Defiant Songs Show How Fragile Dems’ Rule Is?

By DEXTER DUGGAN Within a few days, two country songs in midsummer shot to great popularity that should give pause to the left-wing assault against basic morality and humanity, both within the U.S. and beyond its borders.First, Jason Aldean’s Try That in a Small Town chronicled the crime and corruption one would associate with Democrat-run big cities, but that wouldn’t be tolerated in a neighborly town where people watch out for each other.Then Oliver Anthony’s Rich Men North of Richmond targeted the wealthy, oppressive ruling class not immediately north of the Virginia capital, but a little further north, in the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C.The two songs struck a note within the hearts of Americans sick and seething at seeing what…Continue Reading

Who Will Intercede For Them?. . . Honolulu Bishop Details “Shocking” Devastation On Maui

August 20, 2023 Frontpage Comments Off on Who Will Intercede For Them?. . . Honolulu Bishop Details “Shocking” Devastation On Maui

By PEGGY MOEN Honolulu Bishop Larry Silva visited the town of Lahaina on Tuesday, August 15 to celebrate Mass and meet survivors of the wildfires that he said “shockingly devastated” the town, according to a Catholic News Agency report by Daniel Payne.While the scope of the crisis has been “overwhelming,” the response from the local community has been “remarkable,” the prelate told CNA. The bishop told CNA via email that he celebrated Mass at Kapalua, Maui, on that Sunday for about 200 Catholics gathered there.“In order to arrive in Kapalua, we had to drive on the upper road above Lahaina town,” he said. “At several places along the road we saw spots that were destroyed by the fire, whether homes…Continue Reading

How Joe Will Go

August 19, 2023 Frontpage Comments Off on How Joe Will Go

By CHRISTOPHER MANION The attacks on Donald Trump for the past eight years have gone by like a perpetual motion machine. All required parts were assembled long ago, and the fine-tuned operation is regularly refueled, with precision and on schedule.So that’s the state of the War Against Trump, and the war correspondents who wield the media megaphone are staying on message.But wait — what about Hunter? Joe’s bribes? The Biden Family Crime Syndicate?Sorry. Every new revelation about Hunter is mysteriously drowned out by a new indictment.In fact, the media filter is making sure that, while we aren’t hearing very much about Hunter, we aren’t hearing very much about Joe either.Where is he?Well, we know where he isn’t. He’s not comforting…Continue Reading