For better or worse, we can’t control hurricanes

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October 14, 2024

For better or worse, we can’t control hurricanes

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) recently declared that the government can modify the weather. She then implied that the Biden administration controlled the weather and used Hurricane Helene to punish political enemies. Rather than back down, she characteristically repeated the claims in subsequent public statements. Her claims received intense critique, including extensive public mockery. Indeed, […]

Project 2025 should accept its pro-pornography critiques as a badge of honor

Project 2025, a proposed plan for the next Republican presidential administration, has caught a lot of flak. Democrats have lambasted it and tried to foist it upon any GOP candidate they can. Former President Donald Trump, who would be the only plausible Republican president in 2025, has repeatedly disavowed it. On Monday, Project 2025 received […]

Fairfax County leadership’s legacy is likely to be one of nepotism and waste

Last week, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors sent a letter to Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) begging the state for more money, particularly for K-12 public education. If he does consider this request, Youngkin should introduce a condition requiring an external audit of the county’s “critical services.” Alternatively, Fairfax County’s supervisors, could, if they actually […]

Beware of the new wave of celebrity Catholic converts

The new issue of Vanity Fair magazine has an article called “Behind the Catholic Right’s Celebrity-Conversion Industrial Complex.” Written by Kathryn Joyce, it argues that when a wave of celebrity influencers begins to convert to the Catholic Church, it’s prudent not to give them too much power or too large a platform. They can wind […]

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