The Home Front

By Leila and Phil Lawler

Leila and Phil Lawler have been talking to each other about everything for almost 50 years. Join as they discuss every aspect of the battle on the home front.

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April 03, 2026 Supreme Court free speech cases you haven't heard of; the death of infamous abortionist, Kermit Gosnell; playing bridge with our grandchildren
Show Notes:
NCLA Reaches Historic Settlement, Strikes Major Blow Against Government’s Social Media Censorship
In Historic Settlement, NCLA Strikes Fatal Blow to State Department’s Censorship Industrial Complex
America’s Most Infamous Serial Baby Killer Kermit Gosnell Dead At 85
Sins of omission: The Kermit Gosnell defenses the press dared not mention by Tim Carney (archive version)
New York Times obituary for Kermit Gosnell (archive version)
Kermit Gosnell Grand Jury Report
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51min
March 27, 2026 Interview: Katy Faust on why the "Same Sex Marriage" Obergefell ruling must -- and can -- be overturned
Show Notes:
Them Before Us
Greater Than
You think you are just for helping the infertile? Read this:
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51min
March 20, 2026 Vatican mistrial analysis; the wrongest man in history; Carrie Gress' Something Wicked review
Show Notes:
Vatican appeal court orders review of financial trial investigation (The Pillar)
Vatican appeals court declares mistrial in the ‘trial of the century’ against a cardinal (AP)
Phil on that New York Times obituary for Paul Erlich
The Resourceful Earth: A Response to Global 2000 (edited by Julian Simon and Herman Kahn) (affiliate link)
The coming population implosion (Phil Lawler)
How does bottle-feeding relate to the extraordinary amplification of Paul Erlich’s Zero Population Growth message? Listen here:
Carrie Gress, Something Wicked: Why Feminism Can’t Be Fused with Christianity (affiliate link)
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55min
March 13, 2026 La Trappe monastery and the Economy of Salvation; Christian Deaths in Lebanon
Show Notes:
Bishop Robert Barron on the potential closing of La Trappe
Archived version of “I Regret Having Children”
Pope Pius XII on Large Families
Massive funeral in Lebanon for the Maronite priest Pierre El-Raii
“This is our home”: Christians from southern Lebanon resist evacuating the area after the death of Father Pierre el-Raï
Lebanese Foreign Minister requests Holy See’s help for Christians in South (Vatican News)
Cardinal of Tehran evacuates to Rome
What a Session looks like at MacMaster-Leahy house (and it’s very much like the concert!)
Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil: What to listen for.
Lawler Family Book Club - 2026 (here’s our Amazon affiliate link — anything you buy when you open this tab, for 24 hours, sends a little change our way at no cost to you — thank you!)
February: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
April: Big Rock Candy Mountain by Wallace Stegner
June/July: Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
August: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
October: All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
December: City of Bells by Elizabeth Goudge
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50min
March 06, 2026 Just War in Iran? SCOTUS hands down landmark decision for parental rights; and more!
Show Notes:
Exclusive: The Trump-Netanyahu call that changed the Middle East ~ Axios (archived link here).
Iran: Is this war just? The questions are clear; the future is not by Phil Lawler
U.S. Supreme Court Delivers Historic, Groundbreaking Victory for Parental Rights, Dismantles California’s Secret Gender Transition Regime ~ Thomas More Society
Blessed: The martyrs of Compiègne — film by François Lespes with subtitles.
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49min
February 27, 2026 The challenge of the SSPX; The Cristeros and Just War
Show Notes:
What if I’m wrong? Phil’s CatholicCulture column on the SSPX imbroglio. “For all these reasons I deeply regret the SSPX plan to proceed with the episcopal ordinations. But what if I’m wrong?”
The reckoning the SSPX requires by Phil Lawler
Cardinal McElroy’s Conscience Trap (Synodality) by Leila Marie Lawler
Film: For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012)
The Cristero Counterrevolution and the Battle for the Soul of Mexico Os Justi Press
Viva Cristo Rey! The Cristeros Versus the Mexican Revolution (This Rock) by Christopher Check
Catholic World News News Feature: Beatification for Cristeros martyrs September 02, 2005
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49min
February 20, 2026 Notre Dame University offense (not football!); Marco Rubio's speech; and more!
Show Notes:
Bishop Rhoades expresses ‘strong opposition’ to pro-abortion professor’s appointment at Notre Dame (EWTN)
Amid criticism by bishops, Notre Dame says pro-abortion professor ‘well prepared’ to lead institute (EWTN)
More bishops call for Notre Dame to drop appointment of pro-abortion professor (EWTN)
Notre Dame must choose courage. An excellent piece by a Notre Dame undergraduate, Liam Kelly, in the independent campus newspaper, The Observer. “Notre Dame is now at a time for choosing. It must decide whether it will remain resolutely and unapologetically a Catholic university or if it will continue down the slow and lamentable drift of secularization.”
Why I’m Done with Notre Dame (Professor Christian Smith in First Things)
The Land O’ Lakes Statement Has Caused Devastation For 50 Years (Essay by Patrick Reilly of the Cardinal Newman Society, from 2017)
God and Man at Yale, by William F. Buckley, Jr. (1951) (affiliate link)
Josef Pieper, Not Yet the Twilight: An Autobiography 1945-1964 (affiliate link)
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s address to the Munich Security Conference
Pope Benedict XVI: The quote about Zionism can be found on pp. 16 and 17.
IHRA working definition of antisemitism. (US Dept. of State)
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54min
February 13, 2026 How to repeal Obergefell; Synodality fatigue; Our favorite history books, military and otherwise!
Show Notes:
Them Before Us: Katy Faust
Greater Than
Is Germany facing ‘synodal fatigue’? by Luke Coppen
Some favorite history books, military and otherwise (if it’s an Amazon link, a small amount goes to us without costing you more — thank you!):
Thucydides: The History of the Peloponnesian WarThe Face of Battle by John Keegan (all his books)Shelby Foote: The Civil War (3 volumes)WWI: Barbara Tuchman: The Guns of August; The Sleepwalkers by ChapmanWWII: The Storm of War by Andrew Roberts
Historical fiction:
The Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraIn a Dark Wood Wandering by Hella HaasseThe Red Horse by Eugenio CortiAugust 1914 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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45min
February 06, 2026 China has a demographics problem; AI will teach your children trash; books and more!
Confidential to the commenter who asked about Phil’s history reading recommendations (sorry, it’s impossible to search Notes here and I didn’t record your name, alas): We will get to his list next week!
Show Notes:
Xi Jinping Is Accelerating China’s Collapse by Steven Mosher
China’s demographic crisis threatens the Party’s grand plans by Phil Lawler
Matt Walsh: The Solution To The Immigration Problem That No One Is Talking About (plus a discussion of an AI history series).
Taking Religion Seriously by Charles Murray (affiliate link)
A social scientist seeking faith by Phil Lawler
Netflix: The Seven Dials based on a book by Agatha Christie
The Making of the American Mind: The Story of our Declaration of Independence by Matthew Spalding (affiliate link)
Lawler Family Book Club: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann (affiliate link)
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46min
January 30, 2026 Alex Pretti, Minneapolis, and confusion about civil unrest, excessive force, gun rights, and First Amendment freedoms
Show Notes:
Minnesota DHS Employee on Welfare Fraud: “This Is Real” - City Journal
THE LAW on “Excessive Use Of Force Claims” -- Public Sentiments Do Not Reflect The Realities Of Legal Principles. (Bio of the author of this post from X: 22 years as DOJ prosecutor; Rep’d 91 Jan 6 clients.)
Tim Walz compares Minnesota ICE actions to Holocaust and Anne Frank: ‘Hiding in their houses’ - Fox News
Federal Affidavit: Church Invaders Blocked Parents from Kids, Told Them Their Parents Were ‘Nazis’
The Bill of Rights: The First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
The Making of the American Mind: The Story of our Declaration of Independence by Matthew Spalding (affiliate link)
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
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53min

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