The Fifth Column

Here's a wonderful URL to kick off the fact that my latest book is shipping: http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/religion/story/13752388p...

“Self-published? Ah, I see. Well, we don’t work with that class of material, if you get my meaning.” So said the book review critic, and the...

Many people seem to have an odd idea that homeschoolers cage their children in the house. The following is a vignette passed on to me by my ...

Within the next two weeks, my newest book, Designed to Fail: Catholic Education in America should begin to ship to bookstores across the co...

As at least thirty-four former New Orleans inhabitants would tell you if they could, hospitals are deadly places. According to both the New ...

Adolescence is a virtue, at least when it comes to the economy. This point is not a new one, but it leads to an interesting way of looking a...

Bill Bennett has committed the horrendous crime of agreeing with professors from Stanford university and the University of Chicago. After a...

As I've noted over the last few weeks, the MSM histrionics over the Superdome and Convention Center situations seemed unwarranted by the...

When Halloween rolls around, everyone puts up a “House of Terror” with scenes from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, one of the Friday the 13th m...

A recent series of e-mails from a self-described “pro-life feminist” demonstrated how badly even well-intentioned people understand the basi...

I want to thank those who have donated cases of books to the Katrina effort so far. As a way of saying showing our appreciation for your gen...

We have just been informed that St. Vincent de Paul society in Houston is in need of Catholic materials for the victims of the Katrina Hurri...

As the old saying goes, “Man’s best friend is a wall.” Everyone has commented on the violence in the Superdome, but no one has thought abo...

The Quran calls Jews, Christians and Muslims “People of the Book.” It is an appropriate title, and in more ways than Muslims might like. I ...

A new free movie series called "Masterpiece Mysteries" is now available for download at www.bridegroompress.com The series is base...

CNN reports that 10 bodies were found in the now-empty Superdome. This is wildly at odds with what the news organizations told us. After al...

According to nearly everyone, New Orleans got nailed because of sin. This isn’t just the opinion of the evangelicals. It is the opinion of a...

For those who would like to contribute to the relief effort but don't trust or don't know enough about many of the relief organizati...

God doesn’t work the way we would like Him to. Fine examples of this can be found in the Holocaust and the atom bomb, in child abuse and the...

It’s eerie, really. Five centuries ago, lay university professors invoked Scripture and religion in order to attack and destroy an opponent ...