The Fifth Column

I've spent the last couple of days reading through the papal speeches made last week. Pope Benedict consistently drove home the message:...

Thomas Sowell has just written an interesting column on the problem created by government subsidy of higher education. I greatly respect So...

I haven't found much on what the Pope had to say on this subject, apart from this story from Catholic News Service. I found three aspec...

Alright, I don't get it. According to all the experts,: single moms make great parents, homosexuals make great parents (remember Heather...

In his most recent column for Catholic Exchange, Mark Shea makes much of the fact that the press has, for the last three years, been intole...

Science News has published the results of a new study on market economies in its March 15, 2008 issue. Economist Benedikt Herrmann of the U...

Because I'm not too bright, it failed to occur to me that some people may want to listen to the weekly radio show I do. The Soundbites p...

In all the controversy over various things in the last few weeks, I forgot about a letter I received on the subject from Rome a few years ag...

How time flies. Just one year ago , I pointed out that when people's lives are full of turmoil, it is excellent news for the economy. No...

There are some who, having never read Designed to Fail: Catholic Education in America , believe that I hate Catholic schools. It isn't t...

I may not be able to predict presidential elections, but when it comes to the Faith, my track record is quite a bit better. In my book, Desi...

That's what I was thinking in the middle of January, and that's what it will probably be. Too many Democrats don't trust Hillary...

Are you qualified to be a research scientist? Find out by taking our simple quiz! First, read this new story from Time magazine. It describ...

Question: When I read the Bible I am being taught by the Word (Jesus Christ), is it correct that my Bible contains the presence of Ch...

Historically, Confirmation is very tightly tied to baptism. Indeed, of the 21 rites of the Catholic Church, 20 of them give baptism, confir...

"So there are three places where the pope cannot go: Moscow, Beijing, and the university of Rome", comment from one of the young p...

Bishop Matthew Clark is closing thirteen schools in Rochester, New York, with several more to follow, and it couldn't happen to a nicer...

Well, there's the difference between Golfweek and the Dallas Morning News. Golfweek fires editors who make references to black men bein...

What do these headlines have in common? Obama Pledges Support for Animal Rights Tyranny grows in the Golden State Microso...

Ok, I don't get it. There is an AP photo with this byline at this link on Yahoo! News: This image released by the US Navy Tuesday, Jan....