Footnote 66: New York’s Cardinal, New York’s Senator, and New York’s Minority abortion rate
Hillary Clinton has proclaimed a woman’s right to abortion as her “bedrock truth.” In view of the tens of thousands of minority children kil...
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20 of 60 episodesFootnote 65: Charlie Van Heck, RIP
Charlie Van Hecke, whose voice has introduced this program for the past 18 months, has gone to his eternal reward. May he rest in peace. Cha...
Footnote 64: Tyranny
Father James Schall, S.J., reflects on democracies, good and bad. Father James Schall, S.J., reflects on democracies, good and bad.
Footnote 64: Subsidiarity
The Catholic principle of subsidiarity is fundamental to the governance of the Church, but it is also important to the Natural Law, the Comm...
Footnote 63: Easy Liberalism
Why is the media so predictably liberal and anti-Catholic? And why do media “conservatives” and media “Catholics” sound so dumb? Why is the...
Footnote 62: Fatherhood
Do fathers make a difference? Two distinguished observers of the American scene think so. Professor Walter Williams and Dr. Patrick Fagan of...
Footnote 61: Tim Carney
Most sensible people are tired of the Prestige Media and its lapdog liberals. Fortunately, there’s one Washington reporter who actually know...
Footnote 60: Dissidents
Dissident Catholics are a curious bunch. They reject the teaching authority of the Church, they can’t say the Creed honestly, and yet they i...
Footnote 59: CRS
The relationship between the Church’s charities and the federal government is not often discussed in fundraising campaigns of groups like Ca...
Footnote 58: Dolan Cheerleader
Timothy Cardinal Dolan, outgoing president of the U.S. Catholic Bishops Conference, says that the bishops, some of Obama’s “greatest support...
Footnote 57: Envy
“Social Justice” groups argue that the “gap between the rich and the poor” is the major cause of poverty. Would it help if we were all poor?...
Footnote 56: Bread for the World
Many groups raising money to “fight poverty” are actually using contributions to hire lobbyists in Washington. Does this meet the “Truth in...
Footnote 55: Home Schooling
There’s more to homeschooling than content and curriculum: the habits homeschoolers learn are far different from those inculcated in public...
Footnote 54: Should Catholics be concerned about Common Core?
The National Catholic Education Association has endorsed the Federal Government’s “Common Core” educational standards. Should Catholics be c...
Footnote 53: Census Welfare
The Census Bureau reports that the number of Americans receiving means-tested welfare benefits is greater than the number who work full time...
Footnote 52: Will the Bus Head For Chicago?
The “Nuns on the Bus” are acting like a couple of political charlatans. But they can reprieve their reputations by rallying to the long-stan...
Footnote 51: Is the Natural Law “Rational”?
The Washington Post doesn’t think so. The Washington Post doesn’t think so.
Footnote 50: Is Big Brother Sharing Your Secrets?
What would happen if the word got out that the U.S. Government were sharing all your personal data, conversations, and emails with the Vatic...
Footnote 49: Two Texan Filibusters
Footnote wandered over to the Senate Chamber last month to watch Sen. Ted Cruz read a bedtime story to his kids. But the media prefer the Te...
Footnote 48: German SWAT team invades Homeschooling Home
German authorities sent a SWAT team with a battering ram to “rescue” four homeschooled children from their parents’ “prison” in Darmstadt. F...