When Colonialism Was Good

by Mark Bauerlein

Bruce Gilley joins the podcast to discuss his new book, The Last Imperialist: Sir Alan Burns's Epic Defense of the British Empire. Continue Reading »

27 Dec 2021

In Praise of Telling the Truth

by Peter Hitchens

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, a major U.N. arms control verification body, suppressed evidence so as to excuse an act of war by the USA, Britain, and France. Continue Reading »

13 Dec 2019

​Francis at the United Nations

by R. R. Reno

Francis and the dialectics of exclusion Continue Reading »

25 Sep 2015

“Reproductive Health” is a Trojan Horse

by Stefano Gennarini

In “False Devils,” Nadja Wolfe of the World Youth Alliance asserts that “countries did not include abortion as a component of reproductive health” at the 1994 Cairo Conference on Population and Development. The very agreement she cites contradicts her.Paragraph 13.14(b) of the agreement . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jul 2015

A Response from the Pontifical Academy of Sciences

by Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo

The following letter from Archbishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (PAS), is a response to an article written by Stefanno Gennarini. The format of the letter was a paragraph-by-paragraph response to the article, and thus for clarity, we . . . . Continue Reading »

25 Jun 2015

False Devils

by Nadja Wolfe

As they stand, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) do, contrary to Monsignor Sorondo’s assertion noted in an article published Friday, include abortion. The term “reproductive rights” has come to include abortion. Therefore, the use of “reproductive rights” in SDG 5.6 means that the SDGs list as a goal abortion as a right. This is troubling indeed, and not to be brushed aside. Continue Reading »

3 Jun 2015

The Wrong Way to Respond to Critics

by Stefano Gennarini

Last month, Jeffrey Sachs and Ban Ki-moon, arguably the most powerful proponents of abortion and population control in the world, were offered a platform at the Vatican during a conference on climate change.I asked the Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (PAS), Monsignor Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, who helped coordinate the event, what he thought of the criticism directed at the Vatican as a result. Continue Reading »

29 May 2015