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Ken Cloke’s 50 Questions for Political Arguments

September 30, 2024

Editor's Note: On an episode of Mast Appeal, Colleen Kelly Mast shared a list of 50 questions we should ask when discussing politics. The list was developed by mediator Ken Cloke, and the first 10 questions can be found below. There is also a link

Critical Race Theory and Campus Antisemitism

May 14, 2024

The month of May has mercifully arrived. That means the end of the spring semester nationwide at our university asylums. It also means that the campus crazies are heading home to harangue their parents and hometowns with the crackpot theories they’ve learned at their liberal

Pew Research: Biden, Trump unpopular with Catholic voters

April 22, 2024

Incumbent U.S. President Joe Biden, a Catholic, is battling a high unfavorability rating among his fellow Catholics, according to survey data released by the Pew Research Center. According to the data, neither Biden nor his Republican rival, former president Donald Trump, are viewed favorably by

Trump on Abortion: ‘It’s Up to the States to Do the Right Thing’

April 8, 2024

Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive presidential Republican nominee for 2024, announced his abortion policy in a Monday Truth Social video in which he said that “the states will determine” the future of abortion in the U.S. In the video, Trump touted his role in appointing

The Realignment That Wasn’t

March 8, 2024

National Conservatives made a bet on a major political realignment following the election of Donald J. Trump to the presidency in 2016. The hope was that moderate Democrats might find appeal in a Republican Party that would pivot against liberal immigration policy, free markets, and

Time Toward Home: Richard John Neuhaus for Our Time

January 19, 2024

Fr. Richard John Neuhaus loved to say that “when we get to heaven, there will be a sign over the pearly gates that reads: ‘The New Jerusalem—From the Wonderful People Who Brought You New York City.’” “And if you didn’t like New York City,” he

Why the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Remains Significant After 75 Years

December 11, 2023

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 (UDHR) celebrates its 75th Anniversary on Dec. 10. These days the United Nations is associated with so many disturbing causes, and seeming under the control of powerful governments and interest groups, that it seems strange to be celebrating one

Hundreds of pro-life students fight to prevent passage of Ohio abortion referendum

November 6, 2023

As Election Day in Ohio nears, hundreds of pro-life students from across the state are rallying to defeat the Issue 1 referendum, which would amend the Ohio Constitution to establish a right to abortion. The proposed amendment would add a section to the state’s Bill

The Oldest Hatred Roars Back

November 3, 2023

October 7 will be remembered as a date that wrenched history in a new direction. The previous day, Israel was struggling with the deep internal divisions that had brought protesters into the streets for nine straight months. The greatest threats to Israel’s future, it seemed,

Nicaraguan bishop: Dictators say they love God while they believe they are gods

November 2, 2023

The auxiliary bishop of Managua, Nicaragua, Silvio Báez, who has been living in exile in the U.S. for several years, said in his Sunday Mass homily Oct. 29 that “the dictators say they love God, while they themselves take his place believing themselves to be