He has many friends. One of them, Ken Blackwell, begins his latest column on Quin, the “full-blown conservative,” this way: Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Charles Krauthammer, Thomas Sowell, or the late William F. Buckley…
THESE ARE WORDS that will live on famously: “The administration has now lost all credibility.” Most of us could have written that on January 20, 2009. The New York Times finally saw things our way on June 6, 2013, at…
Could it be we took Mrs. Thatcher for granted? That’s the fate of many a good woman, particularly at the hands of men, as I’m reminded again, writing on Mother’s Day. But there’s no denying it. Search as we did…
Who knew that “marches for life” would ever take place in a Catholic country? Well, welcome to modern Italy, where abortion has been legal since 1978 (and claimed some five to six million lives, according to estimates I’ve seen). So…
Tonight Rep. Paul Ryan will deliver the Kristol Lecture at the American Enterprise Institute’s annual dinner. Titled “Conservatism and Community,” the lecture will include these excerpts. The great debate continues: Cooperation, Not Coercion, Is the Source of America’s Strength “We…
Maybe it’s the Tiger Woods curse. The world’s greatest golfer befriends and mentors young Rory McIlroy, a chief rival and rising superstar, and next thing you know the boyish McIlroy is walking off the course in mid-tournament after plopping yet…
For once let me say President Obama is getting a bad rap. In between shutting the White House to tourists and ogling California’s attorney general, he took to the basketball court during this year’s Easter Egg Roll and, according to…
It might seem like an old story. Certainly the great Martin Gilbert has weighed in authoritatively, as in this TAS review essay in 2006. Now, the Catholic News Service asks, might Pope Francis address the issue further? Here’s its quick…
Among the headlines of the many human tragedies in our midst, you don’t read or hear much about the evil of human trafficking, a central concern of this brief video from the Catholic News Service which focuses on the work…
Months after the fact, Republicans are said to be reeling still from the setbacks of November 6, not to mention the hurtful campaign speech delivered by our president in place of a second inaugural address. They clearly do need to…