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Giving Catholic Cover to Roe v. Wade

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The late John T. Noonan was, in many respects, a man of the Catholic left. He provided intellectual support for the argument that the Church had changed its teaching on usury, at least in part so that the Church could accommodate a world that was becoming capitalist. Noonan argued that this meant that the Church could also change its teaching on contraception. Noonan also defended Notre...

The Plot Against Trump: “Crossfire Hurricane” and the Swamp’s “war games”

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The gang’s all here… By Wayne Allensworth If we really needed more evidence that our selfless civil servants were colluding to overturn the 2016 elections results, here it is:   Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents tasked by fired former Director James Comey to take down Donald Trump during and after the 2016 election were so concerned about the agency’s potentially illegal...

Even At Church, It’s Us Vs. Them

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By Darrell Dow “Conservative” orthodox Protestantism is a house divided, and what’s dividing it mirrors a broader political schism: nationalist populism versus elitist globalism. The struggle between the unwashed and their elitist masters — a division that increasingly defines modern politics — has come to church. Evangelicals in the pews are in the crosshairs of their own leaders. Writing for...

The Twilight of the USA and the Way Forward

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The summer sun is fading as the year grows old,And darker days are drawing near,The winter winds will be much colder,Now you’re not here… It’s mid-September, and the sun already seems to be setting lower in a sky of lengthening shadows.  The temperatures have noticeably dropped off.  Autumn, such as it is in this part of the country, appears to already have begun settling in...

Define Crazy …

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… /ˈkrāzē/ informaladjective

Someone so unhinged the editors at Merriam Webster have a video with which to illustrate the word in their online dictionary.

“Woman went crazy on hearing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death.”

ginsburg’s wish is not our command

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By R. Cort Kirkwood “My most fervent wish,” the late and lamented Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said, “is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.” One hopes Madame Ginsburg was exaggerating when she said her “most fervent wish” regarded her replacement, not the salvation of her eternal soul, but forgetting that, a few...

David French, Call Your Office

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Memo to Never Trumpers: anyone who would rather see Justice Ginsburg’s replacement chosen by Joe Biden, who helped make “Bork” a verb, was never a conservative in any meaningful sense, and please don’t insult our intelligence by pretending otherwise.

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