From its very inception, the mission of Planned Parenthood has been, in effect, to target, control and ultimately reduce vulnerable, “undesirable” populations.
History
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
A final Freedom Ride: Kerry Kennedy remembers John Lewis
I asked Mr. Lewis how he felt then, four and half decades after being bludgeoned by state troopers. He replied with one word: “Grateful.”
Posted inFaith, Features
Joe McCarthy’s Controversial Catholic Faith
Senator Joe McCarthy was devoted to his faith but also devoted to an obsessive hunt for Communism in the halls of the U.S. Government.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Nations liberate by force. But Christ does not compel.
Though liberation is often won through violence, love can never conquer through compulsion. Love must always be meek.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
The history behind the SCOTUS ruling on funding religious schools: Blaine Amendments
Could the ruling really mark the end of Blaine amendments?
Posted inFaith, Of Many Things
The answers, er, questions to America Jeopardy 2020
Answer’s to 2020 “America Jeopardy!”, our annual beach-reading homage to the popular game show and everybody’s favorite Catholic magazine.
Posted inFaith, Of Many Things
This is Jeopardy 2020!
Welcome back to “America Jeopardy!”, our annual beach-reading homage to the popular game show and everybody’s favorite Catholic magazine.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Why Americans should brush up on their Catholic history
Leslie Woodcock Tentler’s new book is both a rigorous and laudable effort to cure American Catholics of the illusion that our desires have no history.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Ross Douthat on our state of stagnation
Ross Douthat explores the cultural, economic and political torpor that he thinks has emerged in the United States over the last half-century.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: When musicians go from outliers to icons
Ted Gioia’s new treatise on music and musicians covers everything from the Big Bang to gangsta rap.