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Will Hillary Clinton Be Indicted?

March 27, 2016 Frontpage Comments Off on Will Hillary Clinton Be Indicted?

By JAMES K. FITZPATRICK I remain fascinated by how effectively politicians are able to insert talking points into the public dialogue on issues of importance to them. There was an example during one of those focus groups that Frank Luntz conducts on the Fox News network, specifically on the night of Hillary Clinton’s strong showing against Bernard Sanders in the South Carolina primary. The members of the focus group were all Democratic voters. When Luntz asked if any of them were concerned that Hillary would be indicted because of the way she handled classified emails, the response was the same: They shrugged it off with one version or another of “There is no issue here. The emails were not marked…Continue Reading

Radicals And Terrorists . . . May Stir Up Worries That Work To Trump’s Advantage

March 26, 2016 Frontpage Comments Off on Radicals And Terrorists . . . May Stir Up Worries That Work To Trump’s Advantage

By DEXTER DUGGAN PHOENIX — Two boosts to his presidential campaign that self-funding billionaire Donald Trump didn’t have to pay a cent for are the attacks against him and his fans by left-wing homegrown extremists, and the attacks on innocent crowds by left-wing terrorists. Both of these assaults may be working to Trump’s advantage by stirring public sympathy for him as an embattled opponent of mob action in the U.S., and admiration for him as a necessarily tough guy who ignores political correctness when calling to protect U.S. borders and screen out violent foreigners. Trump’s campaign opponent Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) may be an even stronger, principled foe of liberal mobs, but Trump might hold the upper hand because…Continue Reading

The Rule-Or-Ruin Republicans

March 25, 2016 Frontpage Comments Off on The Rule-Or-Ruin Republicans

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN “Things reveal themselves passing away,” wrote W.B. Yeats. Whatever one may think of Donald Trump, his campaign has done us a service — exposing the underbelly of a decaying establishment whose repudiation by America’s silent majority is long overdue. According to The New York Times, super PACs of Trump’s GOP rivals, including PACs of candidates who have dropped out, are raising and spending millions to destroy the probable nominee. Goals of the anti-Trump conspirators: Manipulate the rules and steal the nomination at Cleveland. Failing that, pull out all the stops and torpedo any Trump-led ticket in the fall. Then blame Trump and his followers for the defeat, pick up the pieces, and posture as saviors of…Continue Reading

The Eucharistic Watch Of Holy Thursday Night

March 24, 2016 Frontpage Comments Off on The Eucharistic Watch Of Holy Thursday Night

By JAMES MONTI The interval from eventide on Holy Thursday to the afternoon of Holy Saturday is like no other in the liturgical year — a time without the celebration of Mass. It is different for a reason. For these are the hours of the Sacred Passion, death, and burial of our God and Redeemer. As the Augustinian liturgist Fr. Giovanni Michele Cavalieri (+1757) observed, “…the Church herself is totally occupied in mysterious actions, which are related to the Passion, death, and burial of Christ” (Opera omnia liturgica, 1758, vol. 4, p. 166). And it all begins with a solemn procession — the transfer of the Blessed Sacrament at the conclusion of Holy Thursday Mass from the high altar to…Continue Reading

No Greater Love

March 23, 2016 Frontpage Comments Off on No Greater Love

By LAWRENCE P. GRAYSON It was the sixth hour on the 14th of Nisan in the Hebrew year 3790 — in the future, under the Gregorian calendar, it would be remembered as noon, Friday, April 7, AD 30. Large crowds were entering the walled city of Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover, which would begin at sundown. Opposing the flow of pilgrims were three men carrying wooden beams, who were accompanied by a group of Roman soldiers, Jewish high priests, a few relatives, friends, and curious onlookers. They exited the city through the Gennath Gate and struggled up a nearby rocky hill called Golgotha. At its crest were three upright timbers. Each was about six feet high and shaped so that…Continue Reading

Middle American Anti-Catholics

March 22, 2016 Frontpage Comments Off on Middle American Anti-Catholics

By JAMES K. FITZPATRICK Even though most of those who inveigh against the Church and Catholics are on the political and cultural left, we can’t assume that will always be the case. There are harsh critics of Catholicism who would be generally thought of as conservatives: people with strong anti-Communist convictions, free-market views, and a commitment to traditional values, individuals most of us would view as allies in the clash between the left and right in the modern world, Bible Belters, Middle Americans. Catholics in Europe know the phenomenon. Late 20th-century British politicians Enoch Powell and Ian Paisley were men of the right, but as harsh in their denunciations of Catholics as a radical Marxist, albeit for different reasons. Catholics…Continue Reading

Looking For A Winner . . . GOP Primaries Continue Their Exploration Of Uncharted Territory

March 21, 2016 Frontpage Comments Off on Looking For A Winner . . . GOP Primaries Continue Their Exploration Of Uncharted Territory

By DEXTER DUGGAN PHOENIX — Just as European explorers “discovered” the North American continent centuries ago — even though it already was inhabited — a similar spirit of adventure seems to be leading Republican voters into uncharted territory in 2016. The GOP voters are sure there’s a prize if they just keep pushing toward the frontiers. Whether it’s first prize, a consolation prize, or a booby-trapped disappointment is uncertain. And will the territory they claim really be virgin land, or is it already populated by others lying in ambush? As he continues to win with pluralities in primaries, Donald Trump has been sized up by many energized voters as the answer to their prayers against an overweening establishment. Not that…Continue Reading

Voting Is A Privilege And An Obligation

March 20, 2016 Frontpage 8 Comments

By REY FLORES During a recent episode of ChurchMilitant.TV’s “Mic’d Up” webcast with Michael Voris, Catholic blogger Matt Walsh proposed that Catholics consider abstaining altogether from voting, given the poor choices of potential general election presidential candidates. On the show Walsh stated: “So the only answer there if you’re faced with a situation like that (Clinton vs. Trump) is, as Catholics, we can never affirm evil or affirm tyranny, even if it is the lesser than the other option in our view, which oftentimes it isn’t really, so the only answer is to abstain.” Meanwhile, in Part Three under “The Duties of Citizens” of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, we are instructed in no uncertain terms that it is…Continue Reading

Notre Dame, Joe Biden Betray The “Common Good”

March 19, 2016 Frontpage Comments Off on Notre Dame, Joe Biden Betray The “Common Good”

By ADAM CASSANDRA In a video posted on the University of Notre Dame’s website the past week, President Fr. John Jenkins, CSC, cited the university’s commitment to the “common good” as explanation for its controversial decision to award the Laetare Medal, “the oldest and most prestigious honor accorded to American Catholics,” to Vice President Joe Biden and former Speaker of the House John Boehner. “One of our great challenges today is people who disagree often will vilify, attack, demean the opposition and then they can’t work with the opposition,” Fr. Jenkins said. “So we come to this impasse of acrimony of intransigence, and it doesn’t serve society. “There’s a wonderful Catholic concept of the common good,” he said. “What is…Continue Reading

Brownshirts & Republican Wimps

March 18, 2016 Frontpage Comments Off on Brownshirts & Republican Wimps

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN The Donald Trump rally in Chicago was broken up by a foul-mouthed mob that infiltrated the hall and forced the cancellation of the event to prevent violence and bloodshed. Brownshirt tactics worked. The mob, triumphant, rejoiced. And the reaction of Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and John Kasich? All three Republican rivals blamed — Donald Trump. With his “dangerous style of leadership,” Trump stokes this anger, mewed Rubio, “This is what happens when a leading presidential candidate goes around feeding into a narrative of bitterness and anger and frustration.” Rubio implies that if Trump doesn’t tone down his remarks to pacify the rabble, he will be responsible for the violence visited upon him. Kasich echoed Rubio: “Donald…Continue Reading