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How Jefferson Explained the Constitution to Louisiana Nuns
By Kathryn Hickok This week in 1804, Thomas Jefferson wrote to an Ursuline nun in New Orleans, who had asked him to clarify her religious community’s rights under U.S. law after the Louisiana Purchase....
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Is Islam at War with the West?
Right From the Start With the recent rise of the newest barbaric terrorist group – the self-proclaimed “Islamic State” – and the increasing number of individual attacks by home grown Islamic...
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Freedom in Film: Becket (1964)
By Kathryn Hickok Film and stage legend Peter O’Toole died December 14, 2013, at age 81. Best known for his epic Lawrence of Arabia, O’Toole is also remembered for his dramatization of King Henry II in...
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Sen. Cruz Loses His Base for Good Reason
Right From the Start “Live by the sword, die by the sword” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has a history remarkably similar to another divisive political figure – President Barack Obama (D). And while there are...
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Christmas 2016
Right From the Start It was Christmas Day this past Sunday and amidst all of the turmoil in the world, Christians stopped to pray and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. We are Roman Catholics and it...
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Death With Dignity
Right From the Start In 1994, Oregon’s overwhelmingly Democrat majority approved by a narrow margin Oregon’s Death With Dignity Act. It is euphemistically named thusly as if government approval of a...
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Christmas – 2018
We are traveling for Christmas to be with family. In lieu of a political critique I have excerpted comments from previous columns regarding Christmas – they remain as relevant today as they did when...
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Christmas – 2019
So here we are again. As each year passes Christmas becomes more a time for reflection than anything else. We are Catholics and Christmas begins for us with the Mass celebrating the birth of Jesus...
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Equivocation on Religious Principles
Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, finally responded to a direct question about President Joe Biden’s and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s ongoing support for taxpayer funded...
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Biden and Pope Francis
By Larry Huss On October 29, 2021 President Joe Biden (D) met with Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church. In the aftermath of that meeting Mr. Biden was asked whether he and the Pope spoke...
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