It passed by with little ceremony. The national debt reached $40 trillion. That is a huge number, but like all things huge and unimaginable, it is abstract. The tendency is to treat it like any number. It is almost an arbitrary marker, little different from any number that came before or what will follow. In … Read more
A birthday party for a communist who created endless bread lines—and a platform that promises the same for America. On August 13, 2026, Cubans stood in bread lines amid 20-hour blackouts. That same day, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) published a tribute to the man responsible for those bread lines and blackouts. That statement … Read more
With the rise of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), the word communism is gaining currency in political discourse. Politicians are warning the nation about the dangers of communism, while some DSA militants insist they are not communists. They insist that they are just socialists—democratic socialists. The democratic adjective softens the tenor of the s-word, … Read more
Conflicting claims about marijuana have baffled societies worldwide since it became popular among countercultural groups in the late sixties. The issue rapidly degenerated into a battle between non-users advocating laws prohibiting marijuana and users, who thought that it should be legalized immediately. A Growing Issue Many Refuse to See Over the years, the use of … Read more
On September 3, 2026, the day after she died, the reliably leftist New York Times honored Gloria Steinem with a photo layout looking back on her career. One of those pictures showed her lifting a glass of champagne with actress Jane Fonda, former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Pat Mitchell, the former president of PBS. … Read more
The Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese, former editor of America Magazine, reveals his hatred for the traditional rite of the Mass in an article he wrote for the Religion News Service on August 25. The title says it all: “Why I Hate the Old Latin Mass: A Confession.” In a satirical style, which is intended to … Read more
On May 14, 2021, the University of California entered into an out-of-court settlement. It agreed to suspend the use of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and the American College Test (ACT) as criteria for admission to the state’s university system. Many in the system thought it was a mistake, but couldn’t quantify their fears. Only … Read more
This article is the twelfth part of a series about Purgatory, a topic that is rarely discussed today. A knowledge of Purgatory is essential if souls are to avoid the pains of this place of expiation. The prior article can be found here. * * * There is a common expression that most … Read more
To understand the socialist agenda, one needs to see that it is all based on egalitarianism and Marxist class struggle. Thus, its tax agenda is not a math problem but immoral theft masquerading as a revenue-raising measure. Two errors hold the socialist program together, and neither one is economic. FREE Book, Order Today: Return to … Read more
There is no crop in France quite like the truffle. Wheat has been sown for five thousand years; the black truffle has been deliberately cultivated for barely two centuries. Yet in those two centuries, growers have never managed what farmers do with almost every other crop they plant: guarantee a harvest. French farmers must rely … Read more
