Monthly Archives: July 2016

FROM: THE TRANSOM AN OBJECT LESSON IN WHY TRUMP HAPPENS: Here’s the thing about the failure of America’s elite class: it’s that the failure is completely obvious to everyone outside of it. For the past few weeks we’ve seen immense … Continue reading →

  Pascal’s Fire Robert Royal [ EMPHASIS AND {COMMENTARY} IN BOLD ITALIC TYPE BY ABYSSUM ] Wednesday, July 6, 2016 I’ve been thinking a lot about Blaise Pascal (1623-62) lately, a great mathematician and scientist, as well as a great … Continue reading →

POLITICS FBI’s Comey: Clinton ‘extremely careless’ about emails, but bureau will not advise criminal charges Published July 05, 2016 FoxNews.com Inside FBI Dir. Comey’s decision on Hillary server FBI Director James Comey announced Tuesday that despite evidence Hillary Clinton was … Continue reading →

Europe’s Free Speech Problem: A Cautionary Tale by Paul Coleman within Constitutional Law, Foreign Affairs Jul 05, 2016 07:00 am http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2016/07/17113/ After it was accepted that criminalizing speech was a desirable way to produce better citizens, finding a stopping point has proven almost … Continue reading →

Patriotism PIETY INCLUDES TRUE DEVOTION TO THE NATION Rt. Rev. Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen THE CATHOLIC THING Monday, July 4, 2016 The treatise on Patriotism in the writings of the greatest philosopher of all times, St. Thomas Aquinas, is to … Continue reading →

Elie Wiesel’s love of America by Jeff Jacoby The Boston Globe July 4, 2016 http://www.jeffjacoby.com/18964/elie-wiesel-love-of-america ELIE WIESEL was Jewish to his core, and in the Jewish state he was revered as a hero — so much so that two Israeli … Continue reading →

    With the Left Now Dominating US Courts, Law Prof Urges Liberals to Take Off the Gloves iStockphoto and Shannon Henderson . . By Rachel Alexander THE INTELLECTUAL CONSERVATIVE Published on July 2, 2016 [ EMPHASIS AND {COMMENTARY} IN RED … Continue reading →

  by Michael Novak July 2, 2016 4:00 AM NATIONAL REVIEW How American civilization lost its way. We normally encounter morals through the language of moral codes and commandments. Do this, Don’t do that. But it is much more illuminating … Continue reading →

Benedict XVI to Francis: ‘your goodness is a place where I feel protected’ 06/30/2016 at 3:28 PM Posted by Mary Anne Hackett by Elise Harris Vatican City, Jun 28, 2016 / 06:22 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Tuesday, Benedict XVI gave … Continue reading →

  Communion For All, Even For Protestants In addition to the divorced and remarried, for Luther’s followers as well there are those who are giving the go-ahead for the Eucharist. Here is how “La Civiltà Cattolica” interprets the pope’s enigmatic … Continue reading →