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September 2016

September 07, 2016

I’m glad we’re seeing serious coverage about the health of our candidates

When we're dealing with the leader of our country, we need scrutiny like this fine piece...

September 06, 2016

The most qualified presidential candidate in US history

Adds to her resume by explaining that she had no way of knowing that 'C'...

September 02, 2016

Jonah Goldberg fesses up

Yes Virginia, there are racists in the American Conservatism. Which stands to reason. I think...

August 2016

August 25, 2016

I’m convinced

Hillary Clinton says there's nothing in the latest stories about the Clinton Foundation except smoke and...

August 24, 2016

Which is why I ignore complaints about Trump’s vulgarities

This. Facebook generation complaining about Trump = Football fans complaining because Ruby is too violent. That's...

August 19, 2016

Donald Trump apologizes

How about that. Many pundits have noted he didn't specify what offensive remarks he was...

August 15, 2016

Voting Culture of Death

Is a no-no for Catholics. Over here, Dave Armstrong picks apart some of the most...

August 09, 2016

There are at least two ways to read what Trump said about Hillary and the 2nd Amendment

One way is that he was telling his supporters to stand up for their rights and...

August 05, 2016

The 2016 presidential election

Was best described by my sons. It's like choosing between the Galactic Empire and Jabba...

August 03, 2016

The election: A different take

I'll admit that there is little to be happy about when it comes to this...

August 02, 2016

Then a Catholic can vote for Trump?

Ah, if we can't vote Democrat, that leaves only one option, correct? Not according to...

July 2016

July 30, 2016

No you can’t vote for Hillary

Or so Fr. Longenecker seems to say. Actually, he doesn't say that and yet he...

July 28, 2016

Sanity in an insane news cycle

I actually wait for Michael Flynn to comment on the news the way I used...

July 26, 2016

Hillary Clinton officially makes history

OK. It's not like we didn't see it coming, and it isn't as if the...

July 26, 2016

Three old white guys

And an old white woman. That's the presidential ticket choice for the 2016 election. In...

July 26, 2016

The DNC Speaks

So everyone is running around doing damage control for the DNC. The press is joining...

July 25, 2016

Fox News and Benito Mussolini

The Washington Post has an interesting story about Fox News Service presenting a 1927 'Talkie'...

July 23, 2016

He who lives by the Wikileaks

Shall die by the Wikileaks. Or will he? So a Wikileak dump of 30000 emails...

July 23, 2016

Tim Kaine the Pope Francis Catholic

According to this Washington Post piece, that is how Kaine might be presented. What impact...

July 22, 2016

I tried to watch the Trump speech

In fairness to Trump, I haven't sat down and watched an entire speech. I don't...

July 22, 2016

On the other hand Ms. Clinton

Please don't insult my intelligence with this idea that Trump has somehow ended the "Party...

July 19, 2016

The death knell of the GOP

Has sounded. Donald Trump is it's official presidential nominee. The GOP has been fighting death...

July 19, 2016

Requiem for the news media

This morning, Chris Cuomo mentioned that CNN was not obsessing about the one story CNN spent the...

July 19, 2016

If you missed the circus when it came to town

The RNC Convention has begun. Already we have a nice fight between Trump's campaign and...

July 16, 2016

The Donald Trump of the Democratic party

Unloads on Mike Pence. Ms. Warren shows me that the best way to reclaim consistency and common...

July 14, 2016

Ouch!

So far the biggest windfall for the lumbering Clinton campaign is Trump. I get...

July 14, 2016

Can’t imagine why

Poll finds stark Catholic racial divide on Clinton versus Trump. Why should Catholics be different than the...

July 13, 2016

Leave it to Trump

So Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg overstepped the bounds by commenting on Trump's candidacy. Even on...

July 13, 2016

If you have to blame somebody

Blame the Pope. Jeb Bush, according to this article, seems to think Pope Francis is...

July 12, 2016

One reason to hope for a Trump-Christie ticket

Is the chance to see this meme over and over: Words can't begin to express...