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Home: Core Subjects: Politics and Government: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Politics and Government: LINKS_PAGEArticles:The Catholic Identity Crisis - Father Robert A. SiricoWe have come to the point that the most significant contribution Georgetown or Notre Dame could make to society’s diversity would be to become, once again, Catholic -- and not be embarrassed about it. Read more... The Character of George Washington - Richard BrookhiserI want to talk today about two qualities of George Washington's character. Read more... The Christian case for supporting Israel - Father Raymond J. de SouzaWhy should Christians care about Israel? Read more... The coming Egyptian civil war - Father Raymond J. de SouzaHosni Mubarak will soon die — or has died — in his bed, albeit as a prisoner in hospital rather than at home. Many of his countrymen will not be so lucky. The military’s seizing of power has set the stage for bloodshed. The Nile will flow red. Read more... The Complexity Crisis - Peggy NoonanWe are asking too much of our politicians. Read more... The Cultural and Political Impotence of Catholics in Contemporary American Life - Joseph A. VaracalliThe United States of America is fast approaching yet another important referendum in the form of the 2004 national elections that will pit the remnants of America’s Judaic-Christian/natural law heritage against the forces of modern secularism/social constructionism and which will impact on the direction of the present culture war. Read more... The Culture Wars Go International - Rev. Richard John NeuhausThe defenders of judicial activism, properly understood as the judicial usurpation of politics, count on wearing down their critics over time. Robert H. Bork is not easily worn down. Read more... The Cybernetics of Liberalism - PETER KREEFTI have come up with a cybernetic hypothesis about liberalism: It’s a brain disorder, a confusion between right and left hemispheres. Read more... The Democrats' New Bob Casey Problem - William McGurnSomeone ought to tell the president and the speaker of the House that they are creating a new Bob Casey problem for their party. And his name is Bart Stupak. Read more... The Doctrine of Preemption - George F. WillWe are in a war of terror being waged by people who take ideas with lethal seriousness, and we had better take our own ideas seriously as well. Read more... The Enduring Revolution - CHARLES W. COLSONAt the close of this century every religious tradition finds common ground in a common task, that of exposing the deceptions of the modern age. Read more... The Failure of Catholic Political Leadership - ROBERT P. GEORGE & WILLIAM L. SAUNDERSWhat can the bishops do about Catholic public officials who publicly support such evils as abortion and euthanasia? Read more... The Forgotten Freedom - Anthony EsolenWe say that everything in our nation is political, but in a deeper sense of the word, almost nothing anymore in our nation is political, and that is the problem. Read more... The Future of Civil Society - MICHAEL NOVAKAfter the fall of the evil collectivist regime that insisted on “the scientific study of atheism,” and that so dominated world history in the twentieth century, what is to be said about the construction of a normal, decent, human society? Read more... The Gospel According to Joe Biden - Father Thomas D. Williams, LCThe proverb says that the human being is the only animal that falls into the same trap twice. Read more... The Gospel According to Obama - Charles KrauthammerAt the National Prayer Breakfast last week, seeking theological underpinning for his drive to raise taxes on the rich, President Obama invoked the highest possible authority. Read more... The great failure goes on - Father Raymond J. de SouzaOct. 1, 2009, marked the 60th anniversary of communist rule in mainland China. To mark the occasion, Father Raymond J. de Souza examines the country’s failed promise. Read more... The Holy See and the U.N. - George WeigelThis past November, in an interview with a leading Italian daily, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the Vatican Secretary of State, said that he “would not exclude” the possibility of the Holy See becoming a full member of the United Nations, where it presently is a “permanent observer.” Read more... The Hunger for Liberty - Michael NovakMichael Novak shared with ZENIT the meaning of liberty, and how democracy affects political and economic liberty and the search for truth. Read more... The Incredible Shrinking Candidates - Peggy NoonanWhy is there so little dignity in the presidential campaign? Read more... The Just War - St. Thomas AquinasI reply that it must be said that, in order that a war may be just, three things are necessary. Read more... The Law and the Constitution - JAMES HITCHCOCKIn the last 35 years there has been a kind of revolution in the relationship between religion and American life. Read more... The Left, The Right and Dominus Iesus - Peter KreeftDominus Iesus is one of the most important Church documents of modern times, because it defends the most unpopular aspect of the Church's claim today – its "absolutism." And because it overcomes the dualism of "liberal" vs. "conservative" by which the media classify and evaluate everything. Read more... The Legacy’: Clinton as History’s Worst President - Rev. James V. Schall, S.J.When asked what I thought of this president, I usually replied, in my jaundiced, freedom-of-speech opinion, that “from what I can observe, he was the worst man ever to be president, and he was the worst president.” Compared to previous presidents both on the score of integrity and accomplishment, I place the president from 1992-2000 at the bottom of both lists. Read more... The Legal Principles of the Founding Fathers and the Supreme Court - REV. EDWARD J. MELVIN, C.M.The Founders placed belief in God and acceptance of natural moral law (derived from reason and corroborated in Judeo-Christian revelation) as the foundation of the American system. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: Fri Apr 19 2013 - 18:48:34
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