Some individuals are their own worst enemy. Some will admit that they shouldn't be taking drugs, while others confess that they eat, drink, smoke and spend too much. But they continue anyway. And then they die. The same is true of political collectivities. After being badly beaten in the November election, many of the losers are [...]
Columbia has a problem with Jewish and Catholic students. April 16, 2025 Ms. Claire Shipman Acting President Columbia University Office of the President 202 Low Library, 535 W. 116 St., MC 4309 New York, New York 10027 Dear Acting President Shipman: As president of the nation's largest Catholic civil rights organization, I was disturbed to read [...]
On February 6, President Donald Trump announced that he is forming a new Presidential Commission on Religious Liberty. To accomplish this goal, he appointed Attorney General Pam Bondi to chair a task force to "eradicate anti-Christian bias." "The mission of this task force will be to immediately halt all forms of anti-Christian targeting and discrimination within [...]
When we went to press, Pope Francis was being hospitalized for double pneumonia and was not doing well. All scheduled events were cancelled. At 88, he appears to be failing. He has long had respiratory problems. As a young man he had part of one lung removed due to an infection, leaving him susceptible to respiratory [...]
Economists often note that the stock market occasionally goes into spasms, or sudden downturns that gets everyone nervous. But, they caution, such changes are often necessary: they amount to a market correction. Cultures change as well: wild swings of the pendulum typically abet a strong reaction. We are now witnessing a cultural correction. But it is [...]
The 119th session of the Congress that began on January 3 is overrepresented by Christians. While most are Protestant, 28 percent are Catholic. Nationwide, Christians make up 62 percent of the population, but they make up 87 percent of the new Congress. Almost three-in-ten Americans are religiously unaffiliated (28 percent), though the three Congressmen who fall [...]
J.D. Vance makes a commonsensical comment about a Christian notion of love and immediately he is subjected to condemnation. Here is what he said that has "progressives" so upset. "There's this old school and I think it's a very Christian concept, by the way—that you love your family and then you love your neighbor and then [...]
This is the article that appeared in the January/February 2025 edition of Catalyst, our monthly journal. The date that prints out reflects the day that it was uploaded to our website. For a more accurate date of when the article was first published, check out the news release, here. At an Inaugural rally on January 20, [...]
This is the article that appeared in the January/February 2025 edition of Catalyst, our monthly journal. The date that prints out reflects the day that it was uploaded to our website. For a more accurate date of when the article was first published, check out the news release, here. At the confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, [...]
This is the article that appeared in the January/February 2025 edition of Catalyst, our monthly journal. The date that prints out reflects the day that it was uploaded to our website. For a more accurate date of when the article was first published, check out the news release, here. March 17 marks the tenth anniversary of [...]
