Thoughts on America, Age 250
The America emerging today is already much less friendly to the Christian faith than anything in our country’s past. It doesn’t need to be this way. January 15, 2026 Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, OFM Cap. (Image: Aaron Burden/Unsplash.com) Americans are bad at history. As the late Christopher Lasch and many other scholars have noted, we’re ambivalent […]
February is Black History Month –
Victor R. Claveau, MJ. Each Year Congress authorizes and the president signs an executive order honoring the contributions of various groups; African Americans, Latinos, Asians, Native Americans and women. February is Black History Month, March is Women’s History Month, May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Hispanic Heritage Month will last from Monday, September 15, […]
Impact of democracy: Peace breaks out
R.J. Rummel WorldNetDaily.com The number and severity of armed conflicts in the world is on the decline. The world is becoming more peaceful. What are the facts? First, in a 2004 Yearbook report, the respected Stockholm International Peace Research Institute states that, “In 2003 there were 19 major armed conflicts in 18 locations worldwide, the […]
Freedom as a solution to war and violence
R.J. Rummel WorldNetDaily.com Freedom lovers, unite. Your beliefs are incredibly more powerful than you realize. The freedom you prize is not only the solution to genocide and mass murder (democide), as I explained in a commentary on the antiwar.com website, but also to war. Yes, a solution to war! Free, democratic nations do not make […]