The Fifth Column

You would think that anyone who was raised in Chicago with a name like Wachowski would likely know something about the Catholic Faith. After...

Councils in the early days of the Church were not quite so easy as today. Not only was travel arduous, disputing bishops were not above thre...

The United Nations is upset with the Church again. What a (yawn) surprise. Recently, Cardinal Trujillo pointed out the obvious: condoms ...

Nailing Christ to the Cross It wasn’t a coincidence. When Martin Luther decided to nail his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of Witten...

Are YOU my Mother? Have you heard the news from out west? It seems that Utah had, in 1989, effectively outlawed surrogate motherhood, ...

The Great Plan Did Margaret Sanger oppose abortion or support it? The question isn't easy to answer. We can find public expressions ...

Democracy at work Some things just don’t add up. For years, the media has told us that voter turnout is too low, that citizens need to b...

Mutual Admiration Society Back in 1975, Arnold Schwarzenegger apparently indicated a certain admiration for Hitler, “because he came from ...

The Art of Being Human Every year, our town holds an art festival. This year we went. As art festivals go, it was fairly typical. There ...

Wanna Bet? Americans. We willingly accept a level of risk in one area that we find horrific in another. Take, for instance, the risk pos...

Hot Potato, Hot Potato Here's an impertinent question. What's the missing number in the latest Illinois health reports? The Illin...

Educating the System “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” It’s a French saying, and the French understand how the game i...

In the Name of Love "Man indicted for exposing lover to HIV." The CNN headline would be laughable if it weren't deadly. Lov...

It’s a Religious War Miguel Estrada, the Hispanic Catholic judge whose nomination was put on hold seven times, is the latest victim of th...

I'm Not Religious, I'm Just Spiritual “It's not a religious film, it's a philosophical film. It uses themes and elements f...

What's Natural About Marriage? Laura Kipnis’ latest book, Against Love: A Polemic , makes an old case in a new way. Marriage, specific...