What a depressing poll.  The Heartland Institute’s poll, done in conjunction with Rasmussen Reports, shows us a couple of things we wish we could unsee. First, that a third of Democrats want the US to lose its trade war with China, and another third aren’t sure whether they want the US or China to […]

Second thoughts, eh? They’re very useful … when pandering politicians sense that the winds have changed. And they are all the more remarkable when first thoughts should have sufficed to deduce the obvious.  Case in point: Gavin Newsom, who has run California into the ground in every way imaginable, […]

Why would Christoph Schönborn—a Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church and a theologian who specialized in Patristic studies—dedicate so many essays and conferences to a doctrine that appears to overlook the Christian faith? Theology in The New York Times In the context of the debates caused by the “Intelligent Design” movement, an important Catholic contribution […]

The first half of Augustine’s life was spent amid the remnants of a Greek and Roman world; the latter half was spent in the company of provincial Africans, to whom he would unravel the mysteries of a shared faith. In the immediate aftermath of his conversion, following a life not infrequently strewn with sin, Augustine […]

You can’t make this crap up, can you? After decades of “partnering with”–read “getting big bucks from”–the federal government to aid with the resettlement of refugees, the Episcopal Church has decided that it can no longer do so because…they were asked to help resettle white people.  Episcopal Church Bishop […]