Now that he’s back in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump is shaming his predecessor — the self-proclaimed “Catholic” Joe Biden — and once again helming one of the most pro-Catholic presidential administrations in history. To honor the Catholic liturgical…
1958: July 4th Comes to Life The president of the United States — the 34th — is Dwight D. Eisenhower, the hero general from World War II. Rock and roll is still brand new, Elvis Presley the first rock star…
It’s the middle of the summer, and once more our thoughts turn to that special place in our consciousness we reserve for July 4. We will again celebrate what we have and how we got it. We may even argue…
Most Americans like to think of the Revolutionary War in terms of taxes — after all, the refrain everyone is taught in school is “no taxation without representation.” However, like many things in history, that’s a bit of an oversimplification….
Two hundred years ago, on Feb. 7, 1824, President James Monroe invited Revolutionary War hero Gen. Lafayette to the United States. Earlier, Lafayette had expressed his wish to visit this country for the first time since he had left it…
If you look at a map of the 13 colonies, you may notice something rather odd. Between New York and New Hampshire, there is a sliver of land that wasn’t included. It looks like Vermont was simply not invited to…
Let’s play a game of make-believe. Suppose that tomorrow the Philippines were to band together, send delegates to Davao, and draft a document detailing all the reasons they resented being a de facto outpost of the American empire. (READ MORE:…
The Constitution was designed to give government only a limited range of powers. Yet, government, today, wields a seemingly endless measure of power over the people. It’s time to ask: How limited was limited government meant to be? The framers of the Constitution…
The Old Line State’s highest court is handing Catholics a legal win, but by a narrow margin. The Maryland Supreme Court ruled last week that religious exemption clauses in the state’s employment laws protect religious institutions against claims of “religious,…
