If anyone remembers the March 16th Article by CNA entitled “Can a Catholic in good conscience vote for Trump?” the answer from that hit-piece was a resounding no, at least from the “Catholic leaders” who signed the anti-Trump petition. Upon reading their arguments, I couldn’t help but be reminded of the mainstream media, which has often […]

(pictured: The first 7 black congessmen. All Republican.) Another interesting bit of history: The first black congressmen were all Republicans. And what’s more, all of the black congressmen throughout the 19th century and into the 20th century were Republicans. Democrats didn’t even elect an African American to congress until 1935. And the icing on the cake? […]

A surprising statistic: Nearly 90% of the heavy drugs in the United States come through the Mexico border (And, interestingly enough, much of Mexico’s drugs come from China). Last year alone, the US seized more than 2.1 million pounds of drugs. (This is just what was seized–imagine how much flew under the radar). When I […]

I was quite surprised when I first heard about this. The Republican party has historically been the black man’s party, the civil rights party, the party of Lincoln the emancipator, the the pro-woman party, etc. while the Democratic party fought for the very opposite up until the mid-20th century. This, to my surprise, is not […]

The National Catholic Register released an article today entitled Mike Pence’s Spiritual Wanderings Should Be a Wake-Up Call to Catholics. In it, the author Sherry Weddell, voiced some opinions about the faith background of Vice Presidential candidate Mike Pence. Theses “wanderings,” which Ms. Weddell writes, refers to his once Catholic roots (growing up in a devoted Irish […]