G. Tracy Mehan III
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the Vatican’s Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, is a well-traveled man, having served in Iraq, Kuwait, Great Britain, Strasbourg, Nigeria and, now, the United States. As a churchman and a diplomat, the Archbishop is in…
Inferno: The World At War, 1939-1945 By Max Hastings (Knopf, 729 pages, $35) “At 3:15 A.M. Berlin time on 22 June 1941, Russian border guards on the Bug River Bridge at Kolden were summoned by their German counterparts ‘to discuss important…
My parish in northern Virginia has commenced 55 hours of continuous Eucharistic Adoration and Prayer-including Benediction — “in anticipation of the General Election,” which started Sunday, November 4, ending Election Day about the time the polls will close. Catholics never,…
Governor Mitt Romney’s amazing performance in the first presidential debate continues to propel him upwards in the polls. Indeed, the former Massachusetts Governor is Gallup-ing towards election day. Gallup’s polling of 2,700 likely voters from October 10th through 16th reveals…
“Remind me again: How long is winter?”— Thomas Boswell, Washington Post sports columnist Screaming erupted in our family room this past Friday as the St. Louis Cardinals came up with four runs in the ninth inning to derail the estimable…
It seems that a number of conservative pundits are losing their grip on this presidential campaign. Reading normally sane publications such as the Wall Street Journal and the Weekly Standard, and even Broadway types like Joe Scarborough and Peggy Noonan,…
With less than 100 days until the election, Governor Mitt Romney is in the launch position for a vigorous fall campaign with the stars aligning for success in November. Okay, okay. The London trip did start out a little rough,…
“Lake Superior is the biggest, deepest, cleanest, coldest and roughest of all the Great Lakes,” said the captain of the tour boat as we cruised out of Munising, Michigan, average snowfall 250 inches, to view the Pictured Rocks National Shoreline….
The latest tracking polls from Gallup and Rasmussen show Governor Mitt Romney, respectively, one and four points up over President Barack Obama. This is news that is almost too good to be true. Is this a trick or what? “All…
Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker pulled ahead of his Democratic challenger in the recall election scheduled for June 5, according to the Marquette Law School poll last week. It showed Walker beating the Democratic candidate, Mayor Tom Barrett of Milwaukee, by…
