The Fifth Column

I have done many things in my life, including teaching math at the college level. The perennial question that math students ask is, "...

After teaching an American Political Science class over the summer, I realized why nearly every corporation is interested in "embracing...

There's a new study out that blames male porn use for the drop in marriage . It's a fairly lousy study. Marriage depends on a lot of...

A well-known blogger who passes himself off as a Catholic priest has published a blog in which he asserts that some Catholic parishes are ac...

CCC 67 Throughout the ages, there have been so-called "private" revelations, some of which have been recognized by the authority ...

I've seen people attempt to refute various scientific studies by saying, "They're not peer-reviewed, so they aren't any goo...

At this point, I've heard a lot about black parents who warn their children about how to act around police. I've yet to hear ab...

While it is perfectly clear that young earth creationism is stupid , it is equally clear that evolution is equally stupid . But it only rec...

Once, as we were going to the place of prayer, we met a slave girl who had a spirit of fortune-telling and who had brought her owners a gre...

“ Contraception is to be judged so profoundly unlawful as never to be, for any reason, justified. To think or to say the contrary is equal ...

Well, now that the synod has safely receded into the past, we can take a look at how things went. Point: The First Just as predicted,  th...

If we could eliminated black on black violence, America's murder rate would fall by 50%. Want proof? This is the best FBI table: This...

Just shut up. All the Catholic news organizations and bloggers who are flipping their wigs over the upcoming synod need to just shut the ...

Some Catholics are upset with recent statements by Cardinal Kaspar concerning natural family planning. According to the UK Telegraph : Car...

This photo was posted by a priest who likes "Catholic traditionalism". Some of the responses from his Catholic friends and foll...

Are conservatives born hypocrites, or do they study to become so? Consider the frequent outrage visited upon those individuals who accept go...

Children Exposed To Religion Have Difficulty Distinguishing Fact From Fiction, Study Finds I think what the Huffington Post meant to say i...

Fr. John Zhulsdorf is a man with a mission. Unfortunately, his mission has very little to do with Catholic Faith. Like Father John Corapi be...

I don't understand why Americans are opposed to importing other countries' children. Caucasians aren't having babies anymore. Th...