(We are at war. On the other side is Vladimir Putin’s Russia, the Chinese Communist Party and Xi Jinping of China, the mullahs of Iran, and Rocketman in North Korea. Of course, there are global economic interests that are involved too, and that implicates private actors, or plutocrats, in this
On April 20, 2024, the United States Congress passed a ninety-five billion dollar funding package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. It was confirmation that the country is engaged in another world war. On one side is the United States with Europe, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Israel and a few other
WHO IS AN AMERICAN? From the very beginning, Americans were confronted with three real external dynamics that shaped our character, our spirit. First, we were on our own. Old Europe was too far away, and we were isolated though that also means we are geopolitically well situated. Second, we had
St. Thomas Aquinas gives us a way to order societies from the international to the family, all for the benefit of the person. The Catholic Tradition concerning the Law Of Nations is essential. Pope Francis issued a letter to Catholic social scientists on March 7 in which he called them
THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR YOU AND ME This land is your land, and this land is my land From California to the New York island From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters This land was made for you and me…. –Woody Guthrie, ca. 1940 Here in northern
The Propriety of Spanish and Catholic Colonization “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.” Matthew 28:19-20 Recently an article,[1] with a
Rumors and Rumors of Rumors: B16, NSA, SWIFT Rumor: a currently circulating story or report of uncertain or doubtful truth. (Google dictionary) Maike Hickson, Ph.D. wrote an article for Lifesitenews called “Italian general: US official bragged Benedict would be `forced’ to resign weeks after 2005 election” and it ran January 5, or
