The Democratic dogfight for the presidential nomination is a gift that keeps on giving. Without it, we would never witness the liberal mainstream media divided between the Obama and Clinton camps. Thus we see — with the rest of the…
“God Bless America.” These words began and ended the too-short visit of the true man from Hope, Pope Benedict XVI. Before his arrival, many pundits predicted that his Holiness would rain down torrents of recrimination upon our country and its…
THE paragraph from his address to American bishops that the press didn’t want to hear: What does it mean to speak of child protection when pornography and violence can be viewed in so many homes through media widely available today?…
This week marks the first time that Joseph Ratzinger will visit the United States as Pope Benedict XVI. Many faithful American Catholics have longed for the Holy Father to address our problems, not the least of which is a pervasive…
Gilbert Keith Chesterton once famously said, “It’s not that Christianity has been tried and found wanting. It’s that it has never really being tried.” Part of the reason is that too many folks feel that Christianity — with its moral…
This week marks the beginning of the end of a significant chapter in American sports history: the 83rd and final opening day at New York’s Yankee Stadium. Slated for Monday, the baseball gods, almost as if seeking to delay the…
With all the heated feelings and rhetoric surrounding the firestorm that is Rev. Jeremiah Wright, a bit of truth telling may be in order. Conservatives have demanded that Barack Obama repudiate all of the controversial statements made by his spiritual…
Round about this season of the year, a few friends of mine and I get together to solve some of the weightiest matters of our time: the winners of the NCAA Basketball Tournament. Now, I consider myself fairly knowledgeable in…
Five years ago, when the smoking ban in restaurants first went into effect in my home state of Connecticut, I told a few folks who were happy about it that it was only a matter of time before the government…
During the course of an election year, one is used to coming across all sorts of surprises. Often it’s some sort of a vocal gaffe like, “I actually voted for the $87 billion before I voted against it.” Sometimes it…
