Members of traditional religions became moral outlaws in the United States once equal rights for sexual preference and gender choice were enshrined in regulation and law. This Inquisition, though, will not be defeated by reasoned pleas but by concerted counterattacks. Continue Reading »
“Who today still speaks of the massacre of the Armenians?”Continue Reading »
—Adolf Hitler, August 22, 1939
A serious push for British independence is such a challenge to the new, supranational Europe that it throws the whole system out of gear.
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The fact that doctors are free to prescribe lethally for people with illnesses outside their areas of medical specialization demonstrates the folly of legalizing doctor-prescribed death. Continue Reading »
Today is the most important day in European politics since the collapse of the Soviet Empire. Continue Reading »
Right-leaning wage-earners and right-leaning small-business owners are not in sync. Continue Reading »
The Church affirms that human beings are by nature suited to contract marriage, and she teaches that Christian couples can call upon the graces of the sacrament of Matrimony in living out the marriages they contract. Against such an ancient and affirming tradition, Francis’s assertion that “the great majority of our sacramental marriages are null” shocked both common sense and Catholic sensibility. Continue Reading »
Tomorrow, the Fairest Isle has to choose between forfeiting her soul to the European Empire and retaining the sovereign freedom of her Parliamentary democracy. Continue Reading »
I believe that a sense of honor is essential in a political leader and includes commitments to telling the truth (no matter how discomforting) and to doing one’s duty (irrespective of political risk). I believe that a knowledge of history and an openness to learn from it are essential qualities in any public official who proposes to bend the curve of history in a more humane and just direction. I believe that politicians who ignore the danger of unintended consequences inevitably make matters worse rather than better. Continue Reading »
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