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John Daniel Davidson, Sr. Editor, The Federalist – So let’s have no more nonsense about immigrants “founding America” or rapturous declamations about the blending of many different cultures in our founding. The English and the English alone created America, as only they could have done. Four centuries later, we are still profoundly indebted to the English folkways that first shaped and later defined our distinct American culture and way of life. It is our sacred patrimony, for which we Americans should be profoundly grateful this Thanksgiving.

By Charles Coulombe, Crisis Magazine – But we must place the National Socialists in their correct place historically and ideologically. Theirs was a movement not of the Right, but of the Left. “Brown-Shirted Bolsheviks” was a not inaccurate summation of them. It must also be insisted upon that—until the invasion of Russia in 1941—the Communists of each country invaded by Germany and its allies collaborated with the occupiers. It was only with the German attack on the Soviet Motherland that the local Communists suddenly decided they were really patriots and joined the resistance—then attempting to dominate it.

By Reid Smith, The American Conservative – An imperfect peace is better than a worsening war… What has been lost in the noise surrounding the Trump administration’s proposed peace plan is the recognition that the bargain at hand accomplishes the primary objective: It ends the war. Moreover, it preserves a sovereign Ukrainian state and establishes a U.S.-backed security guarantee reflecting the strongest commitment Kiev might expect to receive from the West. …

By Fr. Ignatius John Schweitzer, OP, Catholic Exchange – Imagine if we saw things how God sees them. How differently we would respond to people in our life if we saw them like God sees them, with His Fatherly heart of love! How differently we would respond to difficult events and situations in our lives if we saw them like God sees them, as part of the unfolding of His beautiful plan… To ask to see what God sees is to pray for wisdom. Solomon could have asked for anything, and the Lord praises him for asking for wisdom. Among the Church Fathers and Medieval theologians too, wisdom was held in the highest esteem. Why is this? Because wisdom means a familiar intimacy with God and His ways.

By Brianna Lyman, The Federalist – Every fact in the story underscores the massive cost and toll of illegal immigration… But before you start thinking that perhaps there was a paperwork blunder in which the government erroneously handed out the same Social Security number to two Americans and chaos transpired, I’ll save you the suspense… This was full-on identity theft by an illegal alien who had repeatedly broken into the country. Under the stolen identity of Dan Kluver, this illegal alien racked up DUIs, other offenses, giant tax bills (for the real Kluver), and fatally struck a grandfather with his vehicle.

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International – In the past year or two, evidence has quickly been mounting that the gender insanity that swept over our culture in the past decade is in rapid retreat… The latest evidence comes from three different surveys… One survey of nearly 60,000 students from 250 of the top American universities, showed that the number of students identifying as “non-binary” has fallen precipitously in the past two years. …

By Mike Parrott, Crisis Magazine – GOP opposition to Trump is rare these days. But Marjorie Taylor Greene’s recent resignation may be a reflection of where the lines are drawn… As the old saying goes, there are two certainties in life: death and taxes. But that formulation has been outdated for centuries. Since the 1694 founding of the Bank of England, there have really been three certainties: death, taxes, and debt. Lots of debt… Debt permeates all aspects of modern life, leaving no one unlevered. Every single American is under permanent financial surveillance, with the Fair Isaac Corporation infiltrating everyone’s financial position, analyzing each citizen’s debt-worthiness, and rendering an all-important FICO score. ….

By Peter Wolfgang, Catholic Culture – Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. Every September 8th my family and I gather together to commemorate America’s first thanksgiving, the Mass celebrated in Florida in 1565 expressing gratitude to almighty God that the Spanish crown claimed the future sunshine state for God and country… There is no widespread tradition of celebrating the 1565 Mass at St. Augustine, Florida as America’s first Thanksgiving… But there is a Catholic tradition of complaining about it on Facebook… The Catholics beat the Pilgrims to the New World, Catholics should commemorate the 1565 Mass in Florida as the first Thanksgiving in America instead of the 1621 Pilgrim feast with the Indians in Massachusetts, and so forth.

By Gregory Lyakhov, Patriot Post – A nation is judged by how it protects those who cannot defend themselves… Abortion has shaped American politics for half a century, yet public debate usually reduces it to a simple formula: Republicans oppose it, and Democrats defend it. That framing avoids the real question beneath every argument — moral, legal, scientific, or philosophical. Everything ultimately depends on one factual point: when does human life begin?… No coherent moral system permits intentionally ending an innocent human life. ….

By Brendan Towell, National Catholic Register – The Vatican’s new doctrinal note moves beyond title debates to restore Mary’s role where Vatican II placed her — in perfect transparency to Christ and at the heart of the Church’s life… When the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith released Mater Populi Fidelis on Nov. 4, many headlines reduced it to a single takeaway: the Vatican has rejected the title Co-Redemptrix for the Blessed Virgin Mary. That’s accurate, but incomplete.