That was the slogan of Bill Clinton’s ace defender James Carville when one after another of the rapist’s crimes came across the screen. It worked, and the next generation of Democrats has now embraced the practice, with a different tone: instead of focusing on denial, it relies on the Memory Hole. “Joe Biden? Who’s he?” […]
A language develops in mysterious ways. How it emerges from grunts and groans to the highly complex and intricate web of meaning eludes scientific explanation. Nonetheless, what is known is that it develops within a community and therefore bears the imprint of communal wisdom, a wisdom that is shared and agreed upon by the members […]
Question. If I dream that I killed someone, would God consider that a sin? — J.B., Pa. Answer. No, we are not morally responsible for sinful actions that occur in dreams. The only sinful actions we are responsible for are those involving grave matter, full knowledge that the action is grave matter, and deliberate consent […]
Of the many aberrations spawned in the instability and confusion of the post–Vatican II era, the promotion of private revelation has to be one of the most dangerous. One can find many overexposed priests on social media and YouTube. The pope has been among the many who have warned them of the danger of this […]
The immigration debate that rages in the United States and Western Europe today focuses on the impact of immigrants, both legal and illegal, in their countries of destination. In order better to understand that impact, it’s worth taking a look at where they’re coming from. The majority of Third World countries’ populations suffer from poverty. […]
The Catholic commentariat, in the wake of the opening salvos of the war in Iran, has, if you’ll forgive the pun, exploded. Many voices are untethered from Catholic just-war and social teaching. Some are rendering final judgment without a knowledge of all the facts, some of which may not be revealed until the conflict is […]
It’s been a rough ride, but the Fighting Irish finally have something to celebrate this St. Paddy’s Day. In recent weeks, The Wanderer has reported on the latest controversy that has embroiled Our Lady’s University. In January, Notre Dame Provost John T. McGreevy appointed Susan Ostermann as the new director of the university’s Liu Institute […]
The Lenten season comes each year as a veritable retreat for the Church throughout the world, a particularly “acceptable time” (2 Cor. 6:2) for all of us to begin anew the pursuit of perfection in the spiritual life. As in a typical retreat, that pursuit opens with the acknowledgment of our need for repentance and […]
If there was ever a close-up, in-person example of the impact of a bad idea, it is the District of Columbia’s embrace of former President Joe Biden’s DEI lunacy five years ago. The District’s sane leaders could have written off Joe as a doddering dolt or even put him in a straitjacket — but no, […]
Lent is upon us once again and with it another opportunity for grace and conversion. This most penitential season begins on Ash Wednesday with the stern admonition, “Meménto, homo, quia pulvis es, et in púlverem revertéris.” “Remember, man, you are dust.” “Remember, man, you will die.” For many public figures on the internet it has […]
