Divorce Is Always Hard . . . But It Doesn’t Have To Be Violent
By CHRISTOPHER MANION “Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division” (Luke 12:51). As revolutions go, the preambles take more time than the main event. The revolution we are currently witnessing has been percolating for years. The actors are bipartisan: as M. Stanton Evans once put it, “The Democrats race towards the abyss; the Republicans obey the speed limit.” The Evans Principle has ruled since Democrat Woodrow Wilson, with Cardinal Gibbons’ blessing, launched the United States on a messianic campaign to “Make the World Safe for Democracy.” The Federal Reserve, the Income Tax, and the direct election of senators, all adopted in 1913, contributed to the diminution of local communities,…Continue Reading