Weekly Briefing

Abortion And The Demise of Legitimate Political Authority

 Some fifty years ago, in his groundbreaking study,  Twilight of Authority,  sociologist Robert Nisbet observed a disturbing trend in American culture. As respect for authority had declined among the population, he wrote, members of that population became increasingly willing to accept and even applaud an increasingly

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Religious Freedom on Trial in Finland

On February 14, a court in Finland heard arguments in one of the most significant cases regarding human rights and religious freedom in recent years.  Member of Parliament and medical doctor Päivi Räsänen and Bishop-Elect and Dean Juhana Pohjola have been charged by Finland’s Prosecutor

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Marching for Life in our Nation’s Capital

 When last year’s March for Life was canceled on account of Covid, the disappointment on the campus of Ave Maria University was palpable.  So, this year, as the date of the March approached, the students signed up in droves to participate. The interest far

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Devastating News From The U.S. Census Bureau

This past December 21, the U.S. Census Bureau issued a chilling report. “Estimates Show Slowest Growth on Record for the Nation’s Population,” the headline read. The official government report continued: Between July 1, 2020, and July 1, 2021, the nation’s growth was due to natural

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Nobody Likes a Troublemaker

By March, 2020, thanks to the grim reports emanating out of China, the hysteria surrounding Covid-19 was already replicating faster than the virus itself.  Dr. Anthony Fauci, on the basis of what turned out to be flawed models, was predicting millions of American deaths.  Then-Governor

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Could a Catholic be Chile’s Next President?

There has been a lot of bad news for the Pro-Life cause and for democracy south of the Rio Grande in recent years. Radical leftist presidents have been ‘elected’ amid widespread accusations of ballot fraud.  Abortion has been forced on the populations of Mexico and

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Nobody Likes a Troublemaker

By March, 2020, thanks to the grim reports emanating out of China, the hysteria surrounding Covid-19 was already replicating faster than the virus itself.  Dr.

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