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Prayer: A Power the World Does Not Know to Combat Terrorism

Posted by Carl C. Curtis | Dec 6, 2015 | Bishops, Featured, Foreign Affairs, Politics, Spirituality |

My priest, a godly man, had to admit that many times even he did not have that much daily time for prayer.

All I Want for Christmas: Only 3 Books, 3CDs, and 4 DVDs

Posted by Carl C. Curtis | Dec 3, 2015 | Featured |

But what I want for Christmas reminds me of what I discovered when I was around eleven years old and gave to my best friend a model of HMS Dorchester, the ship that finished off the Bismarck with a few well-aimed torpedoes. On Christmas day, when I opened up his present for me, I found he had given me the same thing.

Paris and the Peril of the West: “Like déjà vu all over again.”

Posted by Carl C. Curtis | Nov 14, 2015 | Featured, Foreign Affairs, History, Politics |

Amid the new hashtags and declarations of solidarity on Facebook, actor Rob Lowe Tweeted the truth: “Oh, NOW France closes its borders.” Yahoo’s “The Wrap” would have none of it. “Rob Lowe Ripped for Paris Attack Tweets,” the headline shrieked. Rob must mind his manners.

Peter Jackson: The Worst Director Ever?

Posted by Carl C. Curtis | Nov 8, 2015 | Culture, Featured, Movies |

Sin number 1: Jackson doesn’t know an opportunity when he sees one.
Sin number 2: Jackson possesses no sense of moderation.

The Third Republican Debate: Let the Winnowing Begin

Posted by Carl C. Curtis | Nov 1, 2015 | 2016 Election, America, Featured, Politics |

And then there was Jeb. One would have to be a hermit to be ignorant of the kind of disastrous week he had.

Cecile Richards’ Semantic Gambit Before Congress

Posted by Carl C. Curtis | Oct 9, 2015 | Ethics, Featured, Politics, Science |

But, so far as I can determine, no evidence for real doctoring of Nucatola’s words or their context—or, for that matter the words of other Planned Parenthood functionaries in the CMP’s other videos—has been produced.

Bernie Does Liberty: Sanders Comes to Falwell-land

Posted by Carl C. Curtis | Sep 16, 2015 | 2016 Election, America, Education, Featured, Politics |

Even for someone who has not carefully followed Bernie’s tenure in office, now going on ten years in the senate preceded by sixteen years in the house, it’s not hard to figure out what his political passions are: abortion, health care, LGBT rights, minimum wage, racism, and so on.

The Loss of Our Republic Began With this Bank

Posted by Carl C. Curtis | Aug 6, 2015 | 2016 Election, America, Books, Conservatism, Culture, Economics, Ethics, Featured, History, Politics |

Cost identifies the major phases of corruption: the national banks, the rise of political parties and bosses, Gilded Age capitalist cronyism, and Progressive bureaucratic sprawl.

Donald Trump — The Arrogance of Malvolio

Posted by Carl C. Curtis | Jul 28, 2015 | 2016 Election, Culture, Featured, Foreign Affairs, History, Politics |

It all comes down to arrogance. Trump is just too much like Malvolio: competent at a limited number of things—managing a household staff, for example. But Malvolio supposes that his limited gifts equip him for loftier, grander things.

Audacity Defined as “Rude Confidence”

Posted by Carl C. Curtis | Jul 18, 2015 | Featured |

That said, the general idea of the “audacity of hope” was that in an age —pre-2008, you understand — of desperate cynicism, we needed a gargantuan dose of optimism, even chutzpah, to find the silver lining around the darkest of modern clouds, chiefly those hovering above the United States. The only man with the requisite skills for the task was Mr. Audacity-of-Hope-and-Change himself.