Of all the groups that Barack Obama bamboozled in 2008 and 2012, Catholics were the biggest suckers. They voted for Obama and now, according to the polls, they are backing Hillary. But evidence suggests that…
Topic: Catholics
Anti-Catholic Bias at a Catholic College
With increasing frequency, it is getting harder and harder for conservative Catholics, no matter how well credentialed they are, to get hired in academia, particularly in Catholic universities. When he was still teaching at SUNY,…
Abortion Activist Group’s Event Moved Off-Campus at St. Louis University, a Catholic School
As the College Fix reported: An abortion-rights student group at a Catholic university moved its event featuring a Planned Parenthood official off-campus after the school president intervened. Law Students for Reproductive Justice, part of the…
Notre Dame could Open Chinese Satellite Campus
This led to concerns by faculty whether opening a satellite campus in China would compromise the university’s Catholic leanings. Specifically, faculty thought it could send a wrong message as the Communist Chinese government has oppressed…
Notre Dame will start their “White Privilege” Course after all
The Catholic university was criticized for offering this course, which could be the stereotypical Leftist class full of inflammatory language against whites. But, the university will offer the course this year and pay for the…
When MLA gets Religion Wrong
When professors do pay attention to religion, they usually get it wrong. “Conservatives would rather have [social welfare] provided by religious organizations, which is incompatible with other aspects of Catholic social teaching,” Robin Sowards, an…
When Communists Murdered a Priest
Editor’s note: The original piece was published at The American Spectator. It was October 19, 1984—30 years ago this week. A gentle, courageous, and genuinely holy priest, Jerzy Popieluszko, age 37, found himself in a…
Searching for History’s Vindication
The recent unpleasantness in eastern Ukraine recalls a nagging truth: Wars always bring unintended consequences, and Americans have seen plenty of them, firsthand. In 1916, Woodrow Wilson won reelection on the slogan, “He Kept Us…