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But USCCB Still Drags Its Heels… Trump’s Winning “Immigration” Issue Acknowledges Americans’ Burden

November 28, 2016 Frontpage Comments Off on But USCCB Still Drags Its Heels… Trump’s Winning “Immigration” Issue Acknowledges Americans’ Burden

By DEXTER DUGGAN A Mom and Dad raised their son and daughter at home in Southern California, where both children were born. After the daughter grew up and married, Mom looked forward longingly to having a grandchild she could help with. But Southern California was too expensive for the newlyweds. After a couple of years of living in apartments, they moved to the snowy Midwest, where the groom had family ties. The new couple both worked and continued to live in apartments until they had enough money to put down on their own house, which cost far less in their Midwestern state than it would have back in California. Meanwhile, their baby boy arrived. Grandma back on the West Coast…Continue Reading

The Feminized Church

November 27, 2016 Frontpage Comments Off on The Feminized Church

By JAMES K. FITZPATRICK Terry Mattingly writes a blog site called On Religion (tmatt.net). His column on October 18 is worth your time. It is titled, “Why So Many Men Think Church Is for Women.” Mattingly is not a Catholic, but he explores a phenomenon many Roman Catholics have noted in recent decades, but hesitate to discuss in public for fear of insulting the many good women active in the Church. What phenomenon? Well, I know there are admirable exceptions that many readers of this column may point to, but isn’t it true that you don’t find many young men who play sports, work on cars, and hunt and fish, active in our parishes any longer? That is my experience,…Continue Reading

An Advent Reflection . . . Marriage And Parenthood Are The Toughest Vocations

November 26, 2016 Frontpage Comments Off on An Advent Reflection . . . Marriage And Parenthood Are The Toughest Vocations

By REY FLORES A few months ago, I had a brief conversation with a 28-year-old man about his plans and what he looked forward to in life. He said he was still trying to figure things out, but added that while marriage might one day be a possibility, children were absolutely out of the question. He reminded me of myself when I was his age. I too had said many times that I had no intention of bringing children into such a terrible world with so much conflict and suffering. At that time, I was still writing original songs, playing in my rock & roll band, and truly believing that we were going to “make it” and become famous rock…Continue Reading

With Good Signs Before Thanksgiving . . . What Gifts May Trump Be Wrapping To Put Under Christmas Tree?

November 25, 2016 Frontpage Comments Off on With Good Signs Before Thanksgiving . . . What Gifts May Trump Be Wrapping To Put Under Christmas Tree?

By DEXTER DUGGAN Not even in the White House yet, Donald Trump provided a potentially significant sign of what may be hoped for in his presidency by attending church with Mike Pence and staff members in Bedminster, N.J., on the Sunday before Thanksgiving. The president-elect had retired from Manhattan to a New Jersey estate for the weekend to continue working on his transition. With not much of a reputation of being a churchgoer, Trump probably wouldn’t have surprised anyone if he had spent all of Sunday on political work and job interviews. Moreover, he had had to apologize during the campaign for old behavior that definitely wasn’t like being a choirboy. Still, millions of traditionally religious voters turned to him…Continue Reading

A Trump Doctrine: “America First”

November 24, 2016 Frontpage Comments Off on A Trump Doctrine: “America First”

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN However Donald Trump came upon the foreign policy views he espoused, they were as crucial to his election as his views on trade and the border. Yet those views are hemlock to the GOP foreign policy elite and the liberal Democratic interventionists of the Acela Corridor. Trump promised an “America First” foreign policy rooted in the national interest, not in nostalgia. The neocons insist that every Cold War and post-Cold War commitment be maintained, in perpetuity. On 60 Minutes, November 13, Trump said: “You know, we’ve been fighting this war for 15 years….We’ve spent $6 trillion in the Middle East, $6 trillion — we could have rebuilt our country twice. And you look at our roads…Continue Reading

Changing “Their” To A Single Pronoun

November 23, 2016 Frontpage Comments Off on Changing “Their” To A Single Pronoun

By JAMES K. FITZPATRICK It is always difficult to determine if the time has come to adapt to grammatical errors and the incorrect use of words that have crept into everyday speech. But there are times when it is the wise thing to do. For example, I would argue that it makes no sense any longer to be rigid about the correct use of the term “begging the question.” We use words to communicate. If clinging to proper and traditional word usage leads to confusion, why do it? Highly respected reporters and television commentators now use “begs the question” in the incorrect way — all the time. They use the term to mean a statement that cries out for a…Continue Reading

Obama Attack On Arpaio . . . Sheriff’s Election Loss Not End Of Line For Dedicated Lawman

November 22, 2016 Frontpage Comments Off on Obama Attack On Arpaio . . . Sheriff’s Election Loss Not End Of Line For Dedicated Lawman

By DEXTER DUGGAN PHOENIX — Donald Trump and one of his early nationally known supporters, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, both were blasted by dominant media as racist bullies. The liberal propaganda tactic didn’t work sufficiently against President-elect Trump, who was subjected to it since 2015. On Election Day it finally worked against 84-year-old Arpaio, seeking his seventh straight term as sheriff, who had been targeted by media hammering for a decade or longer. That, plus a carefully timed assault against Arpaio by the open-borders Obama administration to bring the veteran sheriff into court for criminal contempt in December. And also multibillionaire left-wing globalist George Soros pouring in $2 million against Arpaio’s re-election. Arpaio first was elected sheriff in 1992,…Continue Reading

After November 8 Earthquake . . . Is The Political Landscape Settling Back?

November 21, 2016 Frontpage Comments Off on After November 8 Earthquake . . . Is The Political Landscape Settling Back?

By DEXTER DUGGAN New Zealand had a November earthquake causing serious damage. But in the U.S., the shaken landscape following the seismic upheaval of the November 8 elections seemed to be settling back into place with little disruption in some spots. Reince Priebus, in many ways a settled establishment Republican, named chief of staff for temblor-causing President-elect Donald Trump. Paul Ryan, an open-borders, deal-cutting GOP international trader, quickly affirmed for his post as speaker of the U.S. House. Ryan and Priebus, moreover, are buddies. Veteran New York liberal Republican Rudy Giuliani being considered for a heavyweight position? National radio talk host Mark Levin said that “all I see is the establishment all over the place.” Trump’s new White House chief…Continue Reading

Thanksgiving Will Be Extra Tasty This Year

November 20, 2016 Frontpage Comments Off on Thanksgiving Will Be Extra Tasty This Year

By REY FLORES Thanksgiving Day is the day many of us remember as days spent with family and friends, when we gather to give thanks for God’s blessings. More secular folk see it as a day of gorging on food and football with nary a mention of God in the day. The fact that many of our families will be sitting at a table together again this year will make for quite the interesting conversations, especially after the presidential election. I think it’s fair to assume that many of us have politically liberal family members whom we of course love, but do not necessarily like. While it’ll be fun to serve some crow and humble pie to many of these…Continue Reading

Trashing The Electoral College

November 19, 2016 Frontpage Comments Off on Trashing The Electoral College

By JAMES K. FITZPATRICK Ever since I woke up early on Wednesday morning to check the election results, I have been wondering how liberal Democrats would react to Donald Trump’s victory. Would they blame the voters, the Electoral College system, WikiLeaks, James Comey? I knew how the left-wing flamethrowers would react, people like Van Jones and Lena Dunham, who fell all over themselves charging the voters with racism and sexism, homophobia, and xenophobia. You know the drill. I was looking for someone more temperate and open-minded. Someone like Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne. Dionne is a liberal Catholic, informed, usually thoughtful and rational in his analysis of events. He gave us insight in his November 9 column in The Washington…Continue Reading