ad hominem on Dershowitz (“lied to Trump about Iran’s nuclear arsenal… on the Epstein team”): This dodges the substance entirely. • Dershowitz on Trump impeachment: Yes, he served on Trump’s 2020 Senate defense team as a constitutional scholar arguing the charges didn’t meet “high crimes and misdemeanors.” That’s legal advocacy, not evidence of dishonesty on Iran. • Epstein connection: Dershowitz represented Epstein in the 2008 plea deal (as did many lawyers). He has denied wrongdoing, faced accusations he vigorously contested, and later distanced himself. Epstein was a criminal whose victims deserve justice, but this doesn’t invalidate Dershowitz’s decades of arguments on Israel, civil liberties, or Iran policy. Guilt by past association is a lazy fallacy—evaluate the nuclear threat on merits, not biography. • “Lied about Iran’s nuclear arsenal”: Iran’s program is real and advanced. Pre-2026 strikes, Iran had enriched uranium to near-weapons grade (~60%+), stockpiles …More
The Jesus Method is simple. When speaking with others about the faith, ask a thoughtful question instead of making a statement. A question invites pause, reflection, and honest consideration, while we quietly pray for the Holy Spirit to guide them toward the truth.
March 15, 2026 Msgr. Charles Pope No Comments One of the bigger mistakes one can make is to read Scripture as a spectator, treating it as merely a collection of stories and events that took place thousands of years ago. While these are historical accounts, they are much more than that. Truth be told, these ancient stories are our stories. We are in the narrative. We are Abraham, Sarah, Moses, Deborah, Jeremiah, Ruth, Peter, Paul, Magdalene, Mother Mary, and, if we are prepared to accept it, Jesus. We cannot simply read about what others said or did. For what Peter and Magdalene and others did, we do. Peter denied and ran; so do we. Magdalene loved and never gave up; so should we. Magdalene had a sinful past and a promising future; so do we. Peter was passionate and had a temper; so do we. But Peter also loved the Lord and ultimately gave his life for the Him; so can we. Jesus suffered and died but rose again and ascended to glory; so have we and so will we. The Scriptures are our own …
How can we lay down on the bosom of Satan, a rebel against our Father, and not by association rebel against our Father? God himself tells us His sheep hear the voice of the Shepherd and follow Him. They do not hear the voice of a stranger.
Audio Player Why the Beatitudes, Why Lent (8 minutes total goal) Isolated membership [https://www.christianmothers.org/christian-mother-store/p/isolated-membership-for-christian-mothers-1 Opening Thesis The Beatitudes are not moral ideals but descriptions of a rightly ordered soul. Through prayer, fasting, almsgiving, and sacramental confession, Lent becomes a season of reordering desire so that Easter Communion may be received with joy. Every serious moral life must begin with the question of the end. For Thomas Aquinas, human action only makes sense when considered in light of its ultimate purpose. All people seek happiness.1 Yet what we often call happiness is only a fragment of what we truly desire. Wealth, honor, success, even good works, cannot satisfy the deepest longing of the human heart.2 That longing is fulfilled only in God. When lesser goods are treated as ultimate goods, disorder enters. The exhaustion many people feel is not accidental. It is the fatigue of misdirected …
Prominent Italian Carmelite priest Father Giorgio Maria Faré, OCD, who was excommunicated last year by his religious order after declaring in a viral sermon that Francis was not a valid pope, is urging the cardinals appointed by John Paul II and Benedict XVI to convene their own conclave to elect a “valid” pope. In an email to LifeSiteNews, Faré emphasized both the need for all Catholics to pray for the repose of Francis’ soul and, citing his belief that all Francis-appointed cardinals are illegitimate, called on the cardinals appointed by John Paul II and Benedict XVI to hold their own conclave to elect, what in his view, would be a legitimate successor to St. Peter. It is worth noting that Faré, who has a doctorate in fundamental theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University, has since appealed the disciplinary measures taken against him by the Discalced Carmelites to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life, which, …
Last night, I watched an interview with Dr. Walter Daugherity (@ZoomWalter on X) on Rumble. Dr. Daugherity is the person who initially sent me the Bexar County early voting check-in records for February 17 and 18. In the interview, Dr. Daugherity mentions that the only reason CD-21 candidate Weston Martinez was able to obtain the file and send it to him is that Texas has a law requiring distribution of the information no later than 11 A.M. of the day following each day’s voting. The file contained exactly 4,110 fraudulent records for the second day of early voting, February 18. Those records were based on the full list of genuine voters who had voted that day. To make them, the software or algorithm needed the full day’s list of voters. Meaning, the fake records were created after close of voting at 6PM on February 18, then posted the next day befor 11 A.M. Once the file was posted on the county website, it was downloaded and distributed by the Republican party chair to every candidate …
Excellent explanation. IMHO........The issue, actually the MOUNTAIN, we need to climb is to get the VOTERS of Bexar County to 'give up' their convenience of having county wide voting. If no county wide voting, then no need for the electronic machines, NO INK POLL PADS, etc. paper ballots then would be the solution. But this is a HUGE MOUNTAIN to climb. Our society has become so accustomed to CONVENINCE we have become lazy voters. Willing to give up SECURITY for CONVENIENCE. the problem is once you give a person the option of convenience, they rarely convert back to a process that will require some self sacrifice. If the VOTERS are not willing to DEMAND the security of their vote, nothing will change.
New York City NYC Spent Over $368 Million To Combat Homelessness This Past Fiscal Year. Now the State Can't Track the Money. The Big Apple is spending more than ever on services for the unsheltered, but state auditors don’t know if it’s working. | 3.18.2026 1:00 PM (Xinhua/Sipa USA/Newscom) As New York City continues to spend more money to fight homelessness, state officials are struggling to track how funds are being spent. That's according to a recent New York State Comptroller report, which found that the city spent $368 million on its unsheltered homeless population in FY 2025, more than triple the amount spent in FY 2019. The unsheltered homeless population—individuals who are not using the Department of Homeless Services' shelter system—makes up only a small fraction (3 percent) of the city's total homeless population, according to data from 2024. In FY 2019, there were 3,588 unsheltered people; in FY 2025, there were 4,504, "a 26 percent increase from pre-pandemic levels." As the …