Evangelizing Bedlam – The Catholic Thing

In one of the great ironies of linguistic history, the English word “bedlam,” suggesting frenzy, madness, chaos, and noise, comes from what was then the common British pronunciation of the sacred name Bethlehem, in the Hospital of Saint Mary in…

Should Christians Support Sin Taxes?

So-called “sin taxes” have been around a very long time — a legislative tactic used to describe fees assessed to discourage vices and encourage virtue. From taxing whiskey in the late 1700s, cigarettes and tobacco beginning in the 1800s and…