Beltway Confidential
These opinions will now get you canceled
Recent protests in the streets have spurred responses on the web, with more and more social media participants weighing in with their views. As more of our…
July 14, 2020
Magazine - Features
Cries of ‘racism’ poisoned our politics
“The president is, as he usually is or often is, disgusting and racist,” said Rep. Jerry Nadler, the New York Democrat who chairs the House Judiciary Committee.…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
New head of US Global Media wants to refocus VOA
When Michael Pack’s long-stalled nomination to head the U.S. Agency for Global Media finally cleared the Senate on a 53-38 party-line vote last month, the conservative documentary…
Economy
Virus surge pushes Congress toward new coronavirus aid package
A summer surge in coronavirus cases in some parts of the country has prompted more concrete talks among congressional lawmakers and White House officials about another major…
Education
Can we go back to school?
Harvard University announced this month that it will not hold in-person classes for the 2020-2021 academic year and will instead meet online due to the coronavirus pandemic.…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Plagues and sacrifice
A plague arrives from afar and ravages the land. It kills indiscriminately, bringing chaos and confusion in its wake. Only one thing can resolve the crisis: sacrifice.…
Magazine - Your Land
Gender-bending no longer OK
One day, when the folks of Generation X are grandparents, maybe we will tell our children of the time when, for better or worse, it was OK…
Columnists
Christianity’s most countercultural teaching: Be not afraid
Only a couple of weeks ago, our county government deigned to allow us to return to Mass at our home parish. Behind the masks, and across the…
Beltway Confidential
The revolution must be beaten; do the math
A teacher named Brittany Marshall recently tweeted, “The idea of 2 + 2 equaling 4 is cultural and because of western imperialism/colonization, we think of it as…