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Meme Wars – Everywhere There Are Meme Wars
Last night’s presidential address was part of the ongoing meme wars. Democrats and their willing allies in media are trying desperately to make this administration look bad. They report the bad, ignore the good and spin whatever they can. …
The Case for Civil Religion – Religion & Liberty Online
In the tensions between calls for a for of Christian nationalism and an even stricter separation of church and state, it is easy to forget that another civil arrangement is possible, one that worked well for most of the Republic’s history. Read…
In The Mailbox: 12.17.25 (Evening Edition) : The Other McCain
Posted on | December 18, 2025 | No Comments — compiled by Wombat-socho Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt. OVER THE TRANSOMDirector Blue: A Walking Tour Of Manhattan’s Lower West Side During The Great Depression, EBL: Swordfish Cut, “Have…
I’ll Be Home for Christmas?
A recent essay in the New York Times’ “Modern Love” column was titled “The Case for Ending a Long, Mostly Good Marriage.” Left unspoken is the possibility that most women, if not all, might be happier and more “fulfilled” were they to raise…
Church beatifies 50 French Catholics murdered by Nazis
Caroline De Sury, OSV News Thursday, December 18, 2025 Fifty French Catholics killed under German Nazism were beatified Saturday, during a Mass at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, an event that recognized their witness of faith during World War…
Bishop from Pope Leo’s home state may be named today to replace Cardinal Dolan in NY
Pope Leo XIV is expected to appoint Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet as the next Archbishop of New York, The Pillar has confirmed, with an announcement expected as early as today. Sources close to the bishop say he was close to the late Cardinal…
The German bishops’ conference, over the cliff
George Weigel, Catholic World Report Thursday, December 18, 2025 On October 30, the German bishops’ conference secretariat announced on the conference website the publication of a text by the bishops’ Commission on Schools and Education,…
A Pro-Life Christmas – The Catholic Thing
Let’s start with the “O Antiphons.” They began yesterday. There are seven of them, and they end on December 23. Then, with Christmas Eve and Christmas, they make nine – a novena – which is a period of expectation, the same in number as the…
Does the West Lack That Prerequisite for Survival: A Reason to Get Up in the Morning?
atlantic-kid/iStock/Getty Images Plus “Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose,” noted Austrian psychiatrist/philosopher Viktor Frankl.Much has been written about the need for meaning, in…
SLEIGH OR NAY? Vote for Who Has the Best Taste in Christmas Music: Sean, Lynda, or Bill?
What are you listening to this holiday season? Can you help us settle a festive debate? Are you like Sean, rocking out to Trans Siberian Orchestra? Lynda, who enjoys spinning the holly jolly classics? Or Simple Man Bill O’Reilly, who prefers the…