[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYb_FVBZeZc&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]It’s a very interesting conundrum for the hierarchy in America: Catholic candidates unabashedly saying the bishops are flat out wrong on policy statements, those same candidates getting endorsed by catholic organizations that use the name ‘catholic’, and catholic voters lining up behind those candidates and those organizations with their money and their votes. ~ Michael […]

But it’s a political delusion to think Rick Santorum is a standard-bearer of authentic Catholic values in politics. In fact, on several issues central to Catholic social teaching – torture, war, immigration, climate change, the widening gap between rich and poor and workers’ rights – Santorum is radically out of step with his faith’s teachings […]

Here were my top five favorite cartoons this week, beginning with one by abortion proponent Steve Benson at GoComics.com, who I’d say is actually the one obsessing about that which he accuses Rick Santorum…  by Eric Allie at Townhall.com…

Chris Matthews: Let me tell you what he said. He’s said “My religion should dominate, should trump issues of the Constitution.”… He was saying, “Bill O’Reilly, you and I are of the same religion, therefore we should deny a woman’s constitutional right to buy birth control or a male to buy birth control.” Isn’t that […]

In their roles as First Lady, Rosalynn Carter spotlighted mental illness as her cause du jour, Nancy Reagan picked “Just Say No” to drugs, Laura Bush promoted childhood literacy, and Michelle Obama is battling childhood obesity. I’ve mused now and then how wild and wonderful it would be for a First Lady to use her […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat Lawyers for the state of Illinois and a Rockford abortion clinic will meet before a judge today told to talk about the suspension of the clinic’s license. The Northern Illinois Women’s Center has been closed since the end of September after failing a health and safety inspection. The […]

UPDATE, 11:55a: Well, that was quick. Despite her pre-Caucus protests, Michele Bachmann has suspended her campaign in the wake of her poor showing in Iowa yesterday. I’m posting a new poll with her name omitted. Congrats to the 20 of you who got it right on this short-lived poll! 9:34a: The Iowa Caucus results are […]

Last night an issue that infuriates most pro-lifers – that of Republican leadership promoting pro-abortion candidates – arose by means of the most vile example possible: partial birth abortion. During Fox’s Republican presidential debate, Michele Bachmann accused Newt Gingrich of campaigning for pro-pba candidates, and just as bad, of using his power as Speaker of […]