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A Note to Conservatives Who Are Secular Apr. 05, 2016
The most profound thinkers in America are conservative. There are, of course, bright liberal and lef... Read More
Sparing the Rod and The Shortest Kid Apr. 01, 2016
Dear Family Coach: I was recently speaking with the mother of my 4-year-old son's best friend, and s... Read More
Brussels and the Border Mar. 29, 2016
The bombs that killed 35 and injured 300 in Brussels, Belgium, shutting down the capital city of the... Read More
An Unholy Week for Hollywood Mar. 25, 2016
To Catholics, the week before Easter is Holy Week, a time to prepare for the most special feast day ... Read More
Fear Not, My Secular Friends Feb. 09, 2016
It amuses me that certain people are convinced that Christians are angry scolds but totally miss the... Read More
Left the Fold, Not the Family Jan. 05, 2016
Dear Annie: I was raised in a devout Catholic family. When my husband and I married 30 years ago, we... Read More
The Triumph of Christmas Dec. 22, 2015
Baylor University's Rodney Stark, a social science professor celebrated for his acute understanding ... Read More
National Security Profiling Is a No-Brainer Dec. 09, 2015
Calm down and think, America. While everyone's undies are in a bunch over Donald Trump's proposal fo... Read More
Blocking Refugees Isn't the Answer Nov. 20, 2015
Shutting our borders to Syrian refugees is a simpleminded solution to terrorist attacks that might u... Read More
Hit the Road, Toad. No Different People Wanted Nov. 18, 2015
Most of the refugees from Syria do not look like us. They do not look Western. They look different. ... Read More
Christians Killed for Their Faith Oct. 09, 2015
Evil may issue a challenge one day. We may be asked to renounce our faith, whether it is based in Is... Read More
Can Carson Stir Pot of Bigotry Without Getting Burned? Sep. 23, 2015
Ben Carson has said he does not want a Muslim in the White House because Muslims cannot be trusted. ... Read More
Obama's Faith Isn't the Issue, But... Sep. 22, 2015
Once again the media are hyping an issue that has nothing to do with the problems confronting this n... Read More
Gavin Newsom Is No Kim Davis Sep. 10, 2015
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee complained on ABC's "This Week" that both Gavin Newsom and Kim Da... Read More
What a Performance in Kentucky Sep. 09, 2015
It was the kind of rally we've come to expect from those Americans who think someone else's equal ri... Read More
Clerk Kim Davis Will Be a Lonely Footnote in History Sep. 02, 2015
Tricky business, this righteous outrage. You have to be so careful not to sound like a hypocrite whi... Read More
The Next Front in the War on Religious Freedom Aug. 28, 2015
Stop bellyaching about Washington. All the country's best fascists are on your local city council. N... Read More
Uneasy Coexistence -- Politics and Religion Jun. 27, 2015
Regular readers may remember the "Shields rule," about the tension between organized religion and po... Read More
Pope Keeps the Faith on Climate Change Jun. 18, 2015
Pope Francis is releasing an encyclical Thursday on climate change — a draft of which was leak... Read More
Puffed-up Leftist Tyranny Punishes Dissenters Apr. 28, 2015
Forget for a moment the ever-failing economy, the implosion of our foreign policy coherence, and our... Read More
