Yes. Catholic social teaching is rife with instructions to show preference for the needs of the disadvantaged and poor. Of course, that’s what Jesus did. So it’s good for us to be critical of our politicians (especially the Catholic ones) in their public policy. They are morally obligated to do and support certain things. However, [...]
“Somebody who reads only newspapers and at best the books of contemporary authors looks to me like an extremely nearsighted person who scorns eyeglasses. He is completely dependent on the prejudices and fashions of his times, since he never gets to see or hear anything else. And what a person thinks on his own without [...]
I just finished Ron Paul’s book, End the Fed. His thoughts on the economy and our monetary policy are very intriguing. Whether you totally agree with him or not, his points definitely make you question the status quo when it comes to these important issues. He really makes you think. Which is something a lot [...]
I meant to post this a couple weeks ago, but Ron Paul makes some really good points. The more time that goes by, the more sense this guy is making on these issues. One of the key words for everyone to understand is “fungible.”
“The Declaration of Independence dogmatically bases all rights on the fact that God created all men equal; and it is right; for if they were not created equal, they were certainly evolved unequal. There is no basis for democracy except in a dogma about the divine origin of man.” – G.K. Chesterton What I Saw [...]
This is one more reason why we should not support the current healthcare reform efforts. They have continually denied any kind of conscience clause. I picked this video up from St. Michael Society:
“A despotism may almost be defined as a tired democracy. As fatigue falls on a community, the citizens are less inclined for that eternal vigilance which has truly been called the price of liberty; and they prefer to arm only one single sentinel to watch the city while they sleep.” – G. K. Chesterton This [...]
President Barack Obama promised when he was a presidential candidate in July 2007 that he would be a lapdog for the Planned Parenthood abortion business. Obama is now making good on that promise by promoting Planned Parenthood on his new volunteerism web site, Serve.gov. [full story] Granted, this website has thousands of service “opportunities,” including [...]
CatholicVoteAction.org has just launched a new video about health care and why we need to look out for Big Government. It’s a parody of the MoveOn.org video Will Ferrell did on why we need to look out for the big health insurance companies. Both were (very) sarcastic, of course. Here’s the CatholicVoteAction.org (a branch off [...]
Something not often talked about when dealing with the issue of “social justice” is the problem of our national debt. What is socially just about spending money we don’t have and relying on the next generation to pay it back? Is it justified? At what point does the burden of our debt we pass along [...]
At least those were the options the Oregon Health Plan gave to Barbara Wagner last year. This government-run health care plan deemed it was too expensive ($4000) and not worth tax-payer dollars to give her a drug that could extend her life . But they were happy to give her $50 to be “put down.” [...]
