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Politics & SocietyShort Take
Kristen Day
The abortion issue is emblematic of a larger problem within the Democratic Party—an obsession with ideological purity that has proven to be both counterproductive and divisive.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 19, 2024. (OSV News photo/Kevin Lamarque, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Bill McCormick, S.J.
For many Catholic Democrats, President Biden is the zenith of public faith. For many Catholic Republicans, he represents a betrayal of the Gospel. The truth is somewhere in between, and that is OK.
FaithShort Take
Greg Popcak – OSV News
What are some ways Catholic parents can help their children grow up to be faithful Catholic adults? It might start with three Rs: relationship, rituals and reaching out.
The Democratic vice presidential nominee, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, speaks at a campaign rally on Aug. 10, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Logan M. Isaac
JD Vance should publicly retract his comment about Mr. Walz “abandoning his unit” lest it lend credence to false guilt felt by many of our military veterans.
A get-out-the-vote display, with candidate signs among bales of hay, at the Niobrara County Fair in Lusk, Wyo., on July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Nathan Beacom
The “weird” meme, popularized by the Harris-Walz campaign, goes hand in hand with a longstanding ridicule of rural America, and it is punching down on some of the most disadvantaged people in our society.
Visitors look at several electric vehicles on display at the China Auto Show in Beijing, China, on April 26, 2024. The United States and Europe may be able to punish China economically be raising tariffs on Chinese-made cars, but there are environmental costs to a trade war. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Paul D. McNelis, S.J.
Reducing our tariffs on Chinese exports, particularly solar panels and electric cars, would be an environmentally friendly move and would promote world peace.