The Catholic Bishops Move Even Further Away From Social Justice
The appointment of a new executive director of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development doesn’t sound like earth-shaking news to most people. But social justice Catholics (as opposed to the abortion-firsters) have been awaiting the announcement ever since the bishops’ longtime anti-poverty lobbyist John Carr announced in June that he would be leaving after 25 years in the role. READ MORE >>
The Real Fraud of “Voter Fraud”
The real fraud of "voter fraud"
Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler embarrassingly confessed recently that while he had alleged last year that upwards of 11,000 noncitizens were registered to vote in the state, an investigation by his office had turned up only 35 instances of a noncitizen casting a ballot. Like many conservatives who inveigh against the phantom menace of voter fraud, Gessler defended his zeal to patrol the voter rolls by invoking a zero tolerance policy. READ MORE >>
Who Else Will the Anti-Muslim Video Hurt? Egypt’s Coptic Christians
Debunking the ‘Democrats Hate God’ Lie
I cannot stand to see this “Democrats kicked God out of their platform and then booed Him at their convention” nonsense bandied about for even five more minutes. So can we lay it to rest right here? READ MORE >>
Michelle Obama’s Most Important Title Really Is Mom-in-Chief
Cardinal Dolan’s Paul Ryan Problem
I sometimes get the sense that Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign is one big exercise in gaslighting the country. If you’re not familiar with the term, it comes from the 1944 Ingrid Bergman film “Gaslight,” in which a man tries to convince his wife that she’s imagining things and going insane when in fact he is an evil creep. For the record, I am not calling Mitt Romney an evil creep. READ MORE >>
