Lack of Outreach to Religious, Pro-Life Democrats Cost Clinton

via Matt Hadro, CNA: “Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party decisively lost Tuesday’s election, thanks in large part to the party’s extreme abortion position, which alienated would-be Clinton voters,” the group Democrats for Life of America stated in a press release on Wednesday…. “Americans want to see wages rise, and they want to see more… Read More Lack of Outreach to Religious, Pro-Life Democrats Cost Clinton

Unity in Trump’s America Must Begin with Protecting Vulnerable Communities

Catholic high school girls in Queens, NY harassing African-Americans on a NYC bus, suggesting they move to the back of the bus now that Trump is president. The Muslim center at New York University being vandalized. Multiple stories from across the nation of young Muslim women having their hijabs pulled off and ethnic slurs thrown… Read More Unity in Trump’s America Must Begin with Protecting Vulnerable Communities

MSW, Catholic Scholars React to Trump’s Victory

MSW on “the disaster that we chose“: Shock. It is the emotional reaction that has accompanied Donald Trump’s campaign from its start and it reached its climax last night. The country has administered a severe disaster to itself. The trappings of democracy cannot obscure the moral enormity, nor ameliorate the sense of disgust: This is… Read More MSW, Catholic Scholars React to Trump’s Victory

What Will the Stability of our Political Institutions Be Like After Trump?

To function well, the institutional structures of modern constitutional democracies require a type of categorical commitment from its citizens. Citizens must treat constitutional norms and procedures as providing good reasons for action independently of any particular preferences or desired policies. Trump’s  comments at the recent debate – “I will tell you at the time; I… Read More What Will the Stability of our Political Institutions Be Like After Trump?