Fr. Paul Shovelain: Public Safety Chaplain (Police & Fire) on providing spiritual care for law enforcement officers & first responders through ministry of presence, spiritual direction, praying together; Chaplain’s experience of police officers’ humanity, dedication, sacrifices and service to citizens and communities; when officers respond to mistreatment with kindness Leah Darrow: Former model turned evangelist […]

Fr. Dan Brandt: Chicago Police Department Chaplain looks at community policing, reform proposals in law enforcement, human side of police officers’ lives of service & sacrifice; what changes do we need at this time for best, safest, most orderly & just policing system, and who should decide that? What can we do to help law […]

Carrie Severino: Supreme Court ruling that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 covers transgender status & sexual orientation is “hijacking of textualism” for sake of appealing to college campuses & editorial boards; can’t redefine the meaning of words themselves and claim textualism; ominous sign for anyone concerned about the future of representative […]

Congressman Adam Kinzinger: The truth about the mission and role of the RC-26b reconnaissance plane used by the Air National Guard RC-26b and Congressman’s service flying over the protests last week; correcting the record since conspiracy theories about the plane abound on Twitter; ‘Justice in Policing Act’.  Jeremy Dys: First Liberty on  double standard in […]

Tim von Dohlen Cassie Everts: Continuation of conversation about ‘Raising Black Sons’, personal experiences of multi-racial family; bias, discrimination, racial slurs & intimidation against blacks is more prevalent than many in American communities knew; what we can do in this pivotal moment to change hearts and relationships

Peter Breen: Legal challenge filed over State of Illinois law requiring all health insurance policies sold in the state to provide coverage for elective chemical and surgical abortions, with no exemptions, even for churches; case challenging health care providers that discriminate in time of Covid based on age or disability Michael New: Is Coronavirus increasing […]

Fr. Robert Spitzer: Why Corpus Christi is such an important feast and the Eucharist such a powerful sacramental presence; what Eucharistic miracles mean for us; New insights on the rise of the ‘Nones’, why they find Church teaching so hard to believe; no one explains evil & suffering better than the Church throughout history; what […]

Prof. Robert P. George: Rule of law is indispensable to a just political & social order, but it’s being applied more unevenly now based on lawbreakers’ causes; Seek the truth, speak truth as best you understand it, don’t be bullied into silence or shamed into saying things you don’t believe; don’t let fear of the […]

Ed Morrissey: Community policing, what it means, how it developed, whether it’s devolving; Who and what is Antifa? What do members want? What are their goals? Media activism that represents one set of ideas, censoring others; expected increase in coronavirus deaths from nationwide mass protests; is trust in the scientific community waning?  Kendall Qualls: Some […]

Kathryn Lopez: What is the state of life in America? Where do we go from here?; Adoption, foster care, making sacrifices to protect human life; caring for the elderly, showing respect for the equal human dignity of everyone without exceptions.  Cassie Everts: ‘Raising Black Sons’; personal experiences of adopting sons from Ghana, giving them a […]