IF CHINA CRACKS DOWN ON HONG KONG, TRUMP SHOULD EXTEND HIS TARIFFS
By EPPC Senior Fellow Henry Olsen The Washington Post
President Trump should not stand idly by if the Chinese government chooses to use force against protesters in Hong Kong. Read More
THE MEANING OF METOO
On May 9, 2019, EPPC Senior Fellow Mona Charen testified at a public briefing of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights titled “Federal Me Too: Examining Sexual Harassment in Government Workplaces.”
“On the whole, the MeToo movement has been a necessary corrective to years of gross behavior by powerful men,” Ms. Charen explained. “But it would be a mistake to think of MeToo as a civil rights issue. We are dealing with the fallout from the sexual revolution. This is a cultural problem, not a political one.”
By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel Syndicated Column
The empirical evidence suggests that the notions of a purposeful Creator and a purposeful creation cannot be dismissed as mere pre-modern mythology. Read More
MELINDA GATES IS WRONG: BIRTH CONTROL ISN’T POVERTY CONTROL
By EPPC Cardinal Francis George Fellow Mary FioRito National Catholic Register
Even if the poor do achieve a momentary “lift” from the widespread use of artificial contraceptives, as Melinda Gates contends, it is a lift that will likely have no lasting impact. You don’t eliminate poverty by eliminating the poor. Read More
By EPPC Henry Grunwald Senior Fellow Lance Morrow The Wall Street Journal
A professor is under investigation for accurately quoting James Baldwin. Read More
YES, UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS TAKE JOBS FROM AMERICANS. HERE’S THE PROOF.
By EPPC Senior Fellow Henry Olsen The Washington Post
People who support high levels of low-skilled immigration often claim that immigrants do work that native-born residents won’t. The facts surrounding the Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids of seven Mississippi chicken processing plants show how untrue that claim is. Read More
A ROUGH SUMMER IN THE EMPIRE STATE
By EPPC Fellow Stephen P. White The Catholic Thing
As the unfolding mess in New York shows, dealing with the legal implications of the abuse crisis consumes an inordinate amount of the Church’s time and energy, to say nothing of money. Such demands are likely to grow more acute in the short term. Read More
THE AUSTRALIAN DISGRACE
By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel First Things
The rejection of Cardinal George Pell’s appeal of his conviction for sexual abuse calls into the gravest doubt the quality of justice in Australia. Read More
ELIZABETH WARREN IS GAINING GROUND. BUT HER PATH TO THE NOMINATION IS HARDER THAN YOU THINK.
By EPPC Senior Fellow Henry Olsen The Washington Post
Elizabeth Warren has become the flavor du jour in the Democratic presidential race on the back of two strong debate performances. But her polling numbers suggest passing former vice president Joe Biden will be a much harder task. Read More
HEROISM AND PRIESTHOOD, DACHAU AND AMAZONIA
By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel Syndicated Column
The heroes of Dachau’s priest-barracks found a way to keep sacramental life alive, in full fidelity to the Church’s tradition. Is that impossible in Amazonia? Or elsewhere? Read More
IN DEFENSE OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
By EPPC Senior Fellow Mona Charen National Review Online
The image of Washington as a cesspool of preening pretense is not completely libelous, but neither is it the whole story. Read More
