In defending the disastrous new GOP proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act, Paul Ryan described it as an “act of mercy.” Congressman Joe Kennedy responded by challenging the understanding of scripture and mercy of the once enthusiastic Ayn Rand fanboy, who after one of his supposed conversions to Catholic social teaching still cautioned against… Read More Rep. Joe Kennedy: What Bible is Paul Ryan Reading?
Republican Congressman John Shimkus expressed opposition yesterday to the mandate in the Affordable Care Act that healthcare plans must cover prenatal care. He argued that men should not have to contribute to the healthcare of pregnant women and their unborn children. Instead, he expressed his support for Americans choosing health insurance plans where coverage is… Read More Republicans Shouldn’t Take Prenatal Care Guarantees from Pregnant Women
As President Trump tweaks his refugee ban in the hopes of it surviving legal challenges, here’s a reminder of the many reasons to oppose any refugee ban: It’s immoral and un-American. It violates Christian moral principles and turns away from the American aspiration of being the land of the free and the home of the… Read More Top 10 Reasons to Oppose Trump’s Refugee Ban
Amnesty International has released a report on one site (Saydnaya prison) where top Syrian officials approved the torture and execution of thousands of Syrians. The Syrian Grand Mufti’s complicity highlights the utter foolishness of those “pro-peace” Catholics that spread his propaganda about desiring peace in 2013, even though he had threatened the West with suicide… Read More Assad’s ‘Human Slaughterhouse’
Stephen Colbert appears to have found his groove at the Late Show. In the video below, he tears apart Donald Trump’s unhinged press conference. While self-loathing progressives and mushy moderates worry that comedians mocking Trump’s flagrant ignorance and evisceration of democratic norms is somehow undermining their farcical, one-sided attempts at generating dialogue with people who… Read More Stephen Colbert Offers Intellectual and Moral Clarity in Response to Trump
As a certain group of right-wing American Catholics continues to promote free market fundamentalism—sometimes very amiably with rhetorical commitments to a (diminished) social safety net and maybe even with a nod to an increase in the earned income tax credit—Pope Francis has once again affirmed the Church’s fundamental opposition to this ideology (however cleverly marketed)… Read More Pope Francis Challenges Profit-Obsessed Capitalism and Our Complacency
Social isolation has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. And it’s killing us—quite literally: Individuals with less social connection have disrupted sleep patterns, altered immune systems, more inflammation and higher levels of stress hormones. One recent study found that isolation increases the risk of heart disease by 29 percent and stroke by 32 percent.… Read More Still Need a New Year’s Resolution? Love More, Better
