The National Catholic Register headlined, “Pope to Bishops: Keep Church Charities Catholic.” The reference is to a papal directive, dated Nov. 11 but released Dec….
While the nation did not hurtle over the so-called fiscal cliff (the combination of mandatory budget cuts and tax increases), thanks to last minute action…
As the President and Congress desultorily consider how to deal with the huge current deficit and accumulated federal debt, much attention is being given to…
President Barack Obama every year has proposed reducing the value to higher-income taxpayers of the tax deduction for charitable giving. Challenger Mitt Romney has been…
A Statement from the Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance Every day, throughout the United States and overseas, people inspired by religious faith serve people in need-the…
Last Sunday, October 7th, was Pulpit Freedom Sunday, a day organized by the Alliance Defending Freedom for pastors to “preach[] biblical Truth about candidates and…
Maybe before the glittery ball falls in Times Square, signaling the arrival of the New Year, the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the President…
* Why Government Should Look Elsewhere Than Churches For More Revenue Leroy Huizenga, “Euro Cities to Try Taxing Churches,” First Thoughts (First Thingsmagazine), Sept. 16….
At PJmedia, Roger Simon wrote a thoughtful critique of a David Brooks’ column that criticized the Republican national convention for celebrating individual striving at the…
A pilot, in shipping, is someone who intimately knows the geography of a harbor and its entrances and climbs aboard incoming and outgoing ships to…