In a survey released June 11, Gallup found that a majority of Americans, 53%, say abortion should be legal in only a few circumstance (35%) or in no circumstances (18%). This means that most Americans reject abortion-on-demand, the effective ruling of the 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade. The survey also found that as many Americans [...]
A recently released Gallup survey, June 1, came up with some very disturbing findings. Half the nation, 49%, say moral values in the U.S. are "poor." This is the highest percentage ever recorded on this issue since Gallup first asked about it in 2002. Only 37% say moral values are "fair," and a mere 14% say [...]
In 2004, two years after the priestly sexual abuse scandal broke in the media, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops released its first annual audit of this subject. We have been tracking this issue every year, noting the incredible progress, and have now concluded that it is time to discontinue the audits. Here's why. In [...]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the news that credible and substantiated accusations of sexual molestation have been made against Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, forcing him to resign from ministry: A little over a year after assuming the reins of the Catholic League, I started exchanging letters with Newark Archbishop Theodore McCarrick. He was genuinely supportive [...]
For over 100 years, the Catholic Church in Philadelphia has been serving children in need. Now the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, led by its able leader, Archbishop Charles Chaput, has been forced to sue the city for the right to continue doing so. It is a suit that must be won, for the sake of the children [...]
The news media and the pundits are wading through another fog trying to figure out why the latest mass murderer went on a rampage. As a sociologist who has written on this subject before, I can attest that mass murderers have much in common, and this is especially true of young killers. To begin with, let's [...]
A national writer for the Associated Press, Jocelyn Noveck, described the Tony Awards as an event "where tolerance and inclusion were constant themes." So this is what Robert De Niro was doing—exercising his "tolerance"—when he screamed "F*** Trump"? At least De Niro didn't threaten violence against the president, which he did previously ("I'd like to punch [...]
There is no celebrity chef more adored by elites nationwide than Mario Batali. They particularly like the way he champions women's rights and the rights of the poor. And so far, at least, they seem untroubled by revelations that he abuses both women and the poor. Maybe that's because they still approve of the way he [...]
Roseanne Barr has been making vile comments for years, so why—all of a sudden—has she crossed the line? In 1990, when she grabbed her crotch, spit on the ground, and gave a screeching rendition of our national anthem at a baseball game, the cultural elites who now hate her were fine with her stunt. It's not [...]
