Christopher Orlet
Quoting Denis Consgrove: George Washington’s farewell address is often inaccurately cited for its famous admonishment: “beware of foreign entanglements.” That Mr. Washington did truly not utter those words is not important… Washington was warning about negotiating noncommercial treaties with European…
In a widely quoted essay a well-known Catholic writer recently stated “secularism cannot defeat jihad.” Silly me. I hadn’t known secularism was attempting to defeat jihad. I thought that was the job of the U.S. Armed Forces and the CIA….
Days after my septuagenarian father’s vehicle was struck side-on by an obviously crack-addled motorist, Dad was served papers informing him he was being sued. The plaintiff was none other than the automotively challenged crack-head, represented by a local law firm…
When one of us makes a big deal out of a relatively small matter, the more reasonable among us are likely to ask that we “not make a federal case of it.” It would be insensitive to say the bullying…
ST. LOUIS — It is not unusual for me to get hit up for change a half dozen times between the time I leave my downtown office to grab a bite to eat and return. The record is ten. By…
Like many of you, I like to engage now and then in a bit of lexpionage (the sleuthing of new words and phrases). Neologisms say so much about the precarious state of our civilization. Here’s one from today’s headlines: “Web…
Like the GOP, Catholics today face an identity crisis. “Reformers” want the Church to liberalize by softening its positions on homosexuality, women priests, and abortion rights, to go with its already liberal policies on immigration, welfare, the death penalty and…
WASILLA, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she wouldn’t hesitate to run for the presidency in four years if it’s God’s will…
Back in 2003, social conservatives bragged they were no longer losing the culture war, which reminded me of the 1962 Mets bragging they were no longer winless. Thanks to Fox News, talk radio, the Internet, conservative book publishing, and the…
Just in time for Veterans Day. There’s something for every member of the family in here! Say your infant doesn’t really dig Obama’s policy on taxes: in there! What about if your daughter, who is stripping to get through university,…
