Most of us know that America is in trouble, but do we know our parts in it, how we let it get here and what our responsibility is? The common person's adherence to political correctness and subsequent refusal to dialogue about anything of substance is paramount. Walk with me here a moment:

People say politics, religion, and opinions should be kept o...

The past few days the Supreme Court has been astir with one of this decade's most hot-button topics: marriage equality. It's a difficult topic to broach calmly. Reading through the news articles triggered a memory that initially surprised me, but after further meditation, yielded insights which I'd like to share. 

The scene that I immediately thou...

If you’ve read the news lately, a group at Harvard University has caused quite a stirring, especially in Catholic circles, with a proposal to do a historical re-enactment of a “black Mass”.  While many are outraged that the Harvard administration has essentially washed their hands of it, this situation has provided an opportune time to examine the...

Even if you’re not a sports fan you’ve likely heard about a recent incident involving Donald Sterling, owner of the professional basketball team, the Los Angeles Clippers. The furor isn’t about the sacredness and importance of marriage (Sterling is married but has a girlfriend); instead, this is about audio of Sterling making racist comments to his...

It's too simplistic to say big government is the problem, yet there are too many factors contributing to the bureaucracy's inefficiency and scrutiny that you can't really point to any individual -- even if that individual is an IRS agent who admonishes you for your tax return being a few hundred dollars off. It is, after all, the government's job t...

Many of us would like to see the world change and are even helping causes that attempt to 'make the world a better place.' I don't by default disagree with those endeavors, but it's important to keep in mind that we live in a fallen world, and even if we do right some wrong in the world there isn't much to guard against different kinds of corruptio...

It is no coincidence I find myself becoming acquainted with the writings of the profound Jesuit priest, theologian, scholar, and political philosopher John Courtney Murray in such times. In the span of a few weeks: Andrew Cuomo performed his best Stalin imitation, the United Nations declared war upon Catholicism, the Justice Department will now rec...

Recent political events have skirted around this issue without truly addressing it. Ryan T. Anderson has something to say.

Testifying before the Indiana House Judiciary Committee on Jan. 13, Ryan T. Anderson, the William E. Simon Fellow at The Heritage Foundation, argued to a room full of policymakers:

“If the biggest social problem we face...

With all the talk about Pope Francis being named Time Magazine's Person of the Year, which seems to be in sequence with his 'Joy of the Gospel' exhortation, one cannot help but wonder where to find the truth underneath the sound bites and headlines. 

In regards to 'The Joy of the Gospel,' the majority of the media truly is missing the point. The...