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Points to Ponder: To mollify [Alexander] Hamilton's fears about how a Bill of Rights might be used as a pretext to infringe on huma...

"Walter Williams" Dept. Here are the last seven columns from probably my favourite columnist out there: Walter E. Williams. I ...

Speaking of The JunkYard BLOG, please keep Bryan Preston and his family in your prayers in the months ahead. It may be a difficult time for...

"JunkYard BLOG" Dept. THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE As usual, Bryan is right on target with why this "amnesty" idea...

"Engrave the Tombstone" Dept. (Musings of your humble servant at  Rerum Novarum ) Weasley Wesley Clark's Campaign Receiv...

On the Upcoming Roman Missal Translation. Austen Ivereigh's article above contains a few pseudo-"progressivist" canards abo...

On President Bush, the Upcoming Primaries, the Upcoming Election, and Standing on Principles: (Musings of your humble servant at  Rerum Nov...

Points to Ponder: There is deep falsehood in the principle of comparison which is the basis of the pathos for equality. One never achiev...

We at Rerum Novarum would be remiss if there was failure on Our part to extend to Apolonio Latar III the wish for a happy birthday today. F...

In light of the announcement of my latest essay and some of the material contained therein, the Rerum Novarum Miscellaneous BLOG has been ...

New Essay Announcement!!! "It is a shorter thing and sooner done, to write heresies, than to answer them." [Saint Thomas More] ...

"This Land Is Was Your Land, This Land Is Was My Land" Dept. (Musings on President Bush) I hate to say it but on the Bush il...

Brownsen vs. Newman I am reminded in reading the above article of the exchanges that a Catholic friend of mine (with whom I have often s...

News on Fr. Benedict Groeschel: EWTNews- Fr. Benedict Groeschel, CFR, well known to EWTN viewers for his numerous series and appearances ...

I added a footnote to the JYB update from yesterday in anticipation of getting emails from people wanting to tell me about the last mass amn...

"JunkYard BLOG" Dept. (A Rerum Novarum Ten Part Mega Blast) Your weblog host feels rather embarrassed that it has been about t...

More on SAM's Post: ( Rerum Novarum Bogarts SAM's Message Boxes, Etc.) Well, We at Rerum Novarum did hog at least half of one...

"Correcting A Common Canard" Dept. (With exposition at no extra charge!!!) My words will remain in regular font with sources in da...

Building the Foundations for the Free Society: Finding Common Ground in the Political Theory of Saint Robert Bellarmine and John Locke. ...

The Secret One performs a tremendous service for all Catholics with his recent interaction with a statement on the pastoral treatment of hom...