And not only Europe; America as well. by Peter Wolfgang “Europe is the faith and the faith is Europe,” observed the English writer Hilaire Belloc almost 100 years ago. Western Civilization makes no sense apart from its Christian origin and identity. The last 100 years has proven him right. If our civilization makes no sense […]
Pope Francis’ Socialist Agenda
The pope of Rome has far more radical ideas than most people realize. Like Bernie Sanders, the pope is a socialist. He has had many unkind words about capitalism (“the dung of the devil”), but no corresponding criticism of socialism. by William Kirkpatrick Watching Bernie Sanders’s speech announcing his candidacy for president, it struck me […]
New Poll Shows Millennials Will Change Position on Roe When Given the Facts
Ignorance is the enemy of our people. By Julie Roys Pro-choice advocates consistently forward the narrative that the majority of the American public does not want to overturn Roe v. Wade. And to some degree, surveys and polls agree. For example, a 2018 poll reported in Vox found that 67-percent of Americans would not like to see […]
New Poll Finds Overwhelming Majority of Americans Want Restrictions on Abortion
A new national poll conducted by Marist University finds an overwhelming majority of Americans support restrictions on abortion and would like Roe v. Wade reinterpreted to allow restrictions on abortions. Three in four Americans (75 percent) say abortion should be limited to – at most – the first three months of pregnancy. This includes most of those […]
The Plot to Destroy Orthodox Unity
“We need a split of Orthodoxy and the breakdown of Russia, and Ukraine, where betrayal is the norm of public morality, will help us in this.” Kyiv: By the end of this year, a “Council” will probably be held in Kyiv, at which the fate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church will be decided: either the […]
Dem Congressman: Force Gun Owners to Get Rid of ‘Assault’ Weapons
by Benjy Sarlin Just remember this when you hear yet again someone condescendingly say “Nobody is trying to take your guns.” A Democratic congressman has proposed outlawing “military-style semiautomatic assault weapons” and forcing existing owners to sell their weapons or face prosecution, a major departure from prior gun control proposals that typically exempt existing firearms. […]
Why Nazism Was Socialism and Why Socialism Is Totalitarian
by George Reisman, Mises Institute My purpose today is to make just two main points: (1) To show why Nazi Germany was a socialist state, not a capitalist one. And (2) to show why socialism, understood as an economic system based on government ownership of the means of production, positively requires a totalitarian dictatorship. The […]
Harvard Declares War on Orthodox Christianity
by Sohrab Ahmari The culture wars heat up, and are not likely to die down. Harvard is now determined to ostracize, censor, and ultimately root out Orthodox Christianity. That’s okay, Christianity has faced oppression and persecution before. We always win. Drive down Massachusetts Avenue, one of the main thoroughfares in the tony, hyper-educated city of […]
How the Nazis Used Gun Control
by Stephen Halbrook The perennial gun-control debate in America did not begin here. The same arguments for and against were made in the 1920s in the chaos of Germany’s Weimar Republic, which opted for gun registration. Law-abiding persons complied with the law, but the Communists and Nazis committing acts of political violence did not. In […]
5 Reasons Socialism Is Not Christian
by Julie Roys Please don’t read this if you prefer to remain in a state of delusion about your Christian faith, or about socialism itself. Jesus confronted the money-changers and challenged believers to give to the needy. But, would he support socialism? Increasingly, Americans think he would. In fact, a recent Barna poll found that […]