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Blurring Right and Wrong
By Judie Brown Aristotle once wrote, “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” Indeed, those words reflect the commonsense attitude of someone who has learned the difference between good and evil and who proceeds to act on it rather than resort to the popular theory that if something feels right to you it is acceptable, regardless of whether it...
To Fear or Not to Fear: A New Obama Appointee
The recess appointment by President Obama of Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the most recent point of controversy regarding the style with which the president conducts this nation from his office.
Letters to Gabriel, Lessons in Love
I will never forget being asked in 1999 to read a small book Senator Rick Santorum’s wife, Karen, had written about their son Gabriel, who was born prematurely and died two hours later.
A New Year’s Revelation
There can be no doubt that the woman of Revelations is Mary the Mother of God. It is fitting that the Catholic Church should open the New Year with a celebration of her motherhood on January 1.
A Rousing Game of ‘Go Fish’–I Mean ‘Go Wish’
We now have a new card game to play in 2012—a frightening game called “Go Wish.”
Coming to Your Home Soon: New Year’s Resolutions
It is that time of year when people of good will begin thinking seriously about what should be done differently, uttered with more care, or otherwise contemplated as an action worthy of change in the coming year.
Mark Steyn: An upside-down family tree
Our lesson for today comes from the Gospel according to Luke. No, no, not the manger, the shepherds, the wise men, any of that stuff, but the other birth: “But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall...