Marriage & Family
February 9, 2026
By Brianna Lyman, The Federalist - The Super Bowl is supposed to be one of the cultural cornerstones in American life that still belongs to Americans. There are only a handful of days each year when most of the country pauses and gathers around the same screen to participate in something recognizably ours. It’s a shared experience — rooted in common language and culture and tradition. Which is why the Super Bowl half time show this year was a clear display of pure contempt for America.
February 6, 2026
By Fr. Francesco Giordano, STD, Catholic Exchange - For decades, debates over sexuality and the end of life have been framed as settled in advance, leaving many with the sense that Western societies would not merely change, but steadily accelerate away from the moral framework of Christian civilization. In both areas, moral change has been presented as moving in a single, predictable direction—what is often described as the steady widening of the Overton window. Dissent, when it appears, is treated as a temporary delay rather than a genuine challenge. ...
February 6, 2026
By Tosin Akintola, The American Spectator - On Tuesday, the Department of Justice charged four men with using 115 stolen identities across several states, including Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island, to fraudulently obtain more than $1 million in benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance... Bulk purchases of pork, beef, and chicken for El Primo Restaurant in Leominster, Massachusetts, were paid for by the state’s taxpayers and those of Rhode Island. ...
February 5, 2026
By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - So now the Chinese Communist Party is learning another painful lesson—and it is a lesson that Western governments should learn as well: Economic incentives alone do not produce population growth. Couples do not have children because they want tax breaks or maternity benefits or special bonus payments. Babies are produced not by government policies but by acts of love. Not love for the nation or the Communist Party or the Five-Year Plan or the prospect of world domination, but the love of men and women for each other.
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