An Immigration Debate Primer
By George Weigel
Posted: Wednesday, May 26, 2010
A few common sense considerations, courtesy of Catholic social doctrine, can bring some badly needed sanity to an immigration debate much given to bumper-sticker politics.  [Full Story]

Troubles in Ukraine
Pres. Viktor Yanukovych is moving his country closer to Russia, both strategically and in terms of political culture.
By George Weigel
Posted: Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Under its new president, Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine is drifting ever more rapidly toward Putin-style authoritarianism. This is bad news for Ukraine, and bad news for the West.  [Full Story]

Storm Clouds in Ukraine
By George Weigel
Posted: Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Recent developments in Ukraine bode ill for those who would see Ukraine maintain its autonomy from their neighbor to the east.  [Full Story]

When the Mask of Tolerance Slips
By George Weigel
Posted: Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Every once in a while, the mask of tolerance slips and the contempt in which the Catholic Church and its convictions are held by the ruling classes of 21st century Europe can be seen for what it is.  [Full Story]

The Cardinal Among the Latter-Day Saints
By George Weigel
Posted: Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, has been a great blessing to the Church in the US. His recent speech -- at of all places, Brigham Young University -- sheds some light on why.  [Full Story]

What JFK Wrought at Houston
By George Weigel
Posted: Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Since JFK's 1960 address to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association, that speech has been the model for many Catholic politicians seeking to explain the role of Catholics in public life. While Kennedy may have overcome anti-Catholic prejudice, the deeply flawed way in which he did so prepared the ground for schizophrenic politicians who bracket their moral convictions when they fear being charged by the new secularist bigots with the "imposition" of "sectarian" convictions.  [Full Story]

Next Acts in the Legionary Drama
By George Weigel
Posted: Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Over the past year, members and friends of the Legionaries of Christ and its affiliated lay movement, Regnum Christi, have worked hard in trying to "save what can be saved" from the wreckage created by revelations that the founder of these communities, Fr. Marcial Maciel Degollado, lived a vicious and duplicitous life of moral turpitude.  [Full Story]