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The Queen: End Of An Era

September 24, 2022 Featured Today Comments Off on The Queen: End Of An Era

By JOHN J. METLZER The Queen has died; the page of history has turned. The passing of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest serving monarch, has shocked and saddened much of the world despite the sovereign’s declining health and her 96 years of age. Just months after having joyfully celebrated her platinum Jubilee commemorating 70 years on the British throne, she has passed.The daughter of King George VI, Britain’s wartime King, Princess Elizabeth assumed the throne in 1952 after the untimely passing of her father. Though coming of age during World War II, she possessed what the British called the indomitable “Blitz Spirit.” The young Queen in a sense bridged two historical and social periods: the War and postwar austerity period…Continue Reading

The “Secure Border” Of Kamala Harris

September 23, 2022 Featured Today Comments Off on The “Secure Border” Of Kamala Harris

By TERENCE P. JEFFREY When Donald Trump was president in fiscal 2019, the Border Patrol did not encounter a single individual on the terrorist watchlist trying to illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border between the legal ports of entry.In the first ten months of this fiscal year, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, they encountered 66.These include individuals, as CBP explains on its website, who are “known or suspected terrorists” or “individuals who represent a potential threat to the United States, including known affiliates of watchlisted individuals.”Did CBP fail to encounter any watchlisted individuals in 2019 because the Trump administration was less aggressive about securing that border?Or have 66 been caught this year because the Biden administration has sent a…Continue Reading

Welcome to the Green New Deal, California

September 22, 2022 Featured Today Comments Off on Welcome to the Green New Deal, California

By DAVID HARSANYI If California, our most populous state, were its own nation, it would rank as the world’s fifth largest economy and boast the highest average household income (outside a handful of “countries” like Monaco or Luxemburg). And, yet, the governor is begging its citizens to stop using their appliances, turn off their lights and keep their thermostats at a stifling 78, lest they suffer more rolling blackouts, like some junior mandarin in a Third World country.Of course, I kid when I say that California is already experiencing the effects of the Green New Deal. A state that still derives more than 66% of its energy from non-renewable sources, has tens of trillions of dollars to go before it…Continue Reading

Pope Francis … Gertrude Detzel ‘brought love of Christ to the world’

September 21, 2022 Featured Today Comments Off on Pope Francis … Gertrude Detzel ‘brought love of Christ to the world’

By GUDRUN SAILER (VATICAN NEWS) — In his address to Kazakhstan clergy on September 14, Pope Francis held up the example of Gertrude Detzel — a Russian-German lay woman in the process of beatification — who “brought the love of Christ to the world” despite living in a time of great Christian persecution.Gertrude Detzel, a Catholic Russian-German laywoman, came very close to martyrdom herself. From a respected Russian-German family from the North Caucasus region in Eastern Europe, she was deported to Kazakhstan in 1941 for forced labor, just like so many other Russian-Germans at the time.Because she did not hide her faith, she was arrested in 1949 and sent to a Communist labor and re-education camp called “Tschemolgan village” in…Continue Reading

Pope Francis … Gertrude Detzel “Brought Love Of Christ To The World”

September 20, 2022 Featured Today Comments Off on Pope Francis … Gertrude Detzel “Brought Love Of Christ To The World”

By GUDRUN SAILER (VATICAN NEWS) — In his address to Kazakhstan clergy on September 14, Pope Francis held up the example of Gertrude Detzel — a Russian-German lay woman in the process of beatification — who “brought the love of Christ to the world” despite living in a time of great Christian persecution.Gertrude Detzel, a Catholic Russian-German laywoman, came very close to martyrdom herself. From a respected Russian-German family from the North Caucasus region in Eastern Europe, she was deported to Kazakhstan in 1941 for forced labor, just like so many other Russian-Germans at the time.Because she did not hide her faith, she was arrested in 1949 and sent to a Communist labor and re-education camp called “Tschemolgan village” in…Continue Reading

Why Is the Left Always So Deathly Afraid?

September 19, 2022 Featured Today Comments Off on Why Is the Left Always So Deathly Afraid?

By STEPHEN MOORE What is it about those on the Left of the political spectrum that they seem to not just live in perpetual fear of apocalypse and doom but they actually embrace it? It is their raison d’etre.Is there something in the collective psyche or the DNA of modern leftists that they crave fear? And doom?This cult of apocalypse started in the late 1960s with the doomsday predictions of “the population bomb,” the title of a mega-bestselling book by Stanford University biology professor Paul Ehrlich. The Population Bomb predicted that mankind was breeding at a pace that would bring about a Malthusian nightmare of overpopulation, starvation, war, poverty, and water shortages. All that was missing was a swarm of…Continue Reading

He Is Now Blessed . . . The Pope Who Did Not Want To Be Pope

September 18, 2022 Featured Today Comments Off on He Is Now Blessed . . . The Pope Who Did Not Want To Be Pope

By DONALD DeMARCO Pope Paul VI died on August 6, 1978, ending a pontificate of fifteen years. Albino Luciano (1912-1978) was summoned to Rome for the conclave to elect a new Pope. He was not considered “papabile”— that is, a likely candidate for Pope — though a few cardinals approached him expressing their opinion that he would make a good Pontiff.Cardinal Luciani had made it clear that he did not want to be Pope and would decline the papacy if elected. Nonetheless, he was elected on the fourth ballot.He accepted the honor out of respect to his fellow cardinals, but asked God to forgive them, for what they have done. He told Jaime Cardinal Sin of the Philippines that his…Continue Reading

It’s All About The Midterms

September 17, 2022 Featured Today Comments Off on It’s All About The Midterms

By NEIL PATEL What’s gotten better in America since Joe Biden took office? It’s hard to come up with a list. The economy is in tatters. Inflation is booming. Food and energy prices are out of control. The poorest Americans are hurting more than they have in years. With an increasingly belligerent China and Russia joining forces, America’s national security looks more precarious than it has in decades. In the face of this record, the Biden team has gone low. With no record to run on, Biden’s advisers knew they had to flip the narrative. The new strategy is clear: Gin up your own base, and vilify your opponents.Why would Biden take that course now? What’s changed since his inaugural…Continue Reading

How Did Pope Francis Change The Order Of Malta?

September 16, 2022 Featured Today Comments Off on How Did Pope Francis Change The Order Of Malta?

By ANDREA GAGLIARDUCCI ROME (CNA) — The decision of Pope Francis to approve the new constitution of the Order of Malta, abolish positions, appoint a transitional government, and convene a general chapter to support the reform came quickly, but not suddenly.For some time, it had become evident that the Pope wanted to bypass all resistance and carry out the reform of the order outlined by the men he called to that office — and to do so against any contrary opinion.At the same time, Pope Francis’ decree of September 3 cannot be simply described as a “victory” of the religious side over the secular side, the latter chiefly represented by German protagonists. That would be a reductive view of the…Continue Reading

Now, They Are Coming For Your Car

September 15, 2022 Featured Today Comments Off on Now, They Are Coming For Your Car

By STEPHEN MOORE The left has always hated cars — or at least the idea that there should be a car in every driveway. Now, it is stepping up its assault.In 2035, every car purchased in California, with its nearly 40 million people, will have to be an electric vehicle. Why? The automobile is arguably the most liberating invention in history, or at least is in the top five of all time. It allows people to travel anywhere at any time at fast speeds. The increase in mobility from mass auto ownership has been a major driver of increased incomes and wealth. One of the best ways to help low-income people out of poverty is to get them a car…Continue Reading