Politics

September 5, 2017

Patrick J. Buchanan: Should Japan and South Korea Go Nuclear?

By Patrick J. Buchanan, CNSNews - By setting off a 100-kiloton bomb, after firing a missile over Japan, Kim Jong Un has gotten the world's attention… What else does he want?.. Almost surely not war with America. For no matter what damage Kim could visit on U.S. troops and bases in South Korea, Okinawa and Guam, his country would be destroyed

September 5, 2017

Amid Reported Preparations for Another ICBM Launch, U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley Says Kim Jong-un is ‘Begging for War’

By Patrick Goodenough, CNSNews.com - Kim Jong-un is “begging for war,” U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley told the U.N. Security Council on Monday, urging it to adopt the “strongest possible” measures against North Korea, because “only the strongest sanctions will enable us to resolve this problem through diplomacy.”

September 5, 2017

A Role for Government that Nobody Thinks About

By Stephen M. Krason, Crisis Magazine - Catholic social teaching does indeed make clear that the state has a role in assisting the needy, but only—in line with the principle of subsidiarity—when there is no other way it can be done. Is that the case with providing access to health care?.. Subsidiarity is hardly just a sectarian principle. Even though hardly an American politician ever mentions it, it is a basic principle of social ethics—part of the natural law.

September 5, 2017

Three Cheers for Toxic Masculinity

By Jed Babbin, American Spectator - From Harvey-flooded Houston to the Hamptons, what the feminists call “toxic masculinity” is helping make America great again... To be a man means, first and foremost, taking responsibility for yourself and your own actions. It means studying hard to get good grades and then working hard to succeed so that your success can benefit your wife and family. It means taking responsibility for your family and helping them however and whenever you can...