Sacrifice and Self-Interest
by Jordan Ballor – One of the complaints often rendered against the market economy is that it encourages selfish behavior. This picture of the marketplace is that of a kind of war of all against all,...
View ArticleChristians Must Not Retreat from the Culture, We Must Work for its Conversion
by Deacon Keith Fournier – Two years before becoming Pope, Karol Cardinal Wotyla spoke to the U.S. Bishops. His observation was republished in the Wall Street Journal on November 9, 1978: “We are now...
View ArticleWhy do Civilians Need Assault Weapons?
by Mark Almonte – The two strongest reasons for civilians to own assault weapons are self-defense and defense against tyranny. One self-defense situation that comes to mind is the L.A. riots. Who can...
View ArticleWhen Free Speech Died in Canada
by Joe Carter – When future historians attempt to narrow down the exact point at which the concept of free speech died in Canada, they’ll likely point to Saskatchewan (Human Rights Commission) v....
View ArticleThe Great Surrender
by Daren Jonescu – Those who have been forcibly divested of their natural liberty by tyrants must be pitied. They have been coerced into accepting lies of security and state beneficence as paltry...
View ArticleAn Orthodox Christian Moral Case for Property Rights
by Fr. Gregory Jensen – As a pastor, I’ve been struck by the hostility, or at least suspicion, that some Orthodox Christians reveal in their discussions of private property. While there are no doubt...
View ArticleIf You Like Your God, You Can Keep Him
by Betsy McCaughey – On Nov. 1, the Gilardi brothers, devout Roman Catholics who operate their own fresh produce business in Ohio, won round two in a battle against the White House. The Obama...
View ArticleU.S. Constitution Does Not Prohibit Religious References in Public Places and...
by Mike Miller (Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia) – During a speech at Colorado Christian University on Wednesday, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argued that the U.S. Constitution does not...
View ArticleThe Importance of Saying ‘Merry Christmas’
by Dennis Prager – The nearly universal change from wishing fellow Americans “Merry Christmas” to wishing them “Happy Holidays” is a very significant development in American life. Proponents of “Happy...
View ArticlePillars of Modern American Conservatism
by Alfred Regnery – The basic foundations of American conservatism consist of liberty and freedom, tradition and order, rule of law, and belief in God. Over the past half century, conservatism has...
View ArticleBy Whom Shall We Be Led – God Or Man?
by Jeffrey T. Brown – The God of the Bible is anathema to secular leftists. As evidence of that, we see a troubling rise in anti-Christian and anti-Semitic bigotry from the political left, both at home...
View ArticleAmerica, the Religious Persecution Storm is Upon Us
by Franklin Graham – For some time now, I’ve been warning about the coming storm of religious persecution and oppression in America. Over the course of the past year, I’ve become increasingly convinced...
View ArticleAt Risk Is Nothing Less Than the Right Ever to Resist Again
by Jeffrey T. Brown – Vote as if your right to live, to worship, to speak, and to ever be heard again, that is your right to be a free and independent American citizen, depends on this election,...
View ArticleSaving the American Republic
by Archpriest Alexander F. C. Webster – Benjamin Franklin, one of our nation’s greatest founding fathers, was asked by a resident of Philadelphia after the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention...
View ArticleCatholic Bishops Take on Obama
by Vincent Phillip Munoz – The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has taken a bold stand for religious freedom. In a recent statement, titled “Our First, Most Cherished Liberty,” the bishops...
View ArticleThe Economic Paradox No One Wants to Talk About
by Arnold Ahlert – There is an economic paradox that few people understand, much less wish to acknowledge, because to do so would reveal the level of societal deterioration that has caused it. In...
View ArticleWhat the Bible Teaches About Capitalism
by Rabbi Aryeh Spero – Who would have expected that in a Republican primary campaign the single biggest complaint among candidates would be that the front-runner has taken capitalism too far? As if his...
View ArticleKeynesianism and the Collectivist Dream
by William Sullivan – It’s campaign season, and as usual, Democrats are employing their class struggle rhetoric to position a redistributive government agenda as the only way Americans can be saved...
View ArticleProgressing toward Moral Darkness
by Gary Horne – A fashionable name for the left these days is “progressive.” The use of this word hints that the progressive has already passed the rest of us and is moving on to some place where the...
View ArticleAmerica: The Home of the…Compliant?
by Daren Jonescu – If you want a quick measure of the state of American society, you might consider the federal government’s use of unmanned aerial drones to monitor U.S. citizens, and in particular...
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