Conservative Column: The dangers, reality of modernism
KATE CLARE CONSERVATIVE COLUMNIST If I can leave you with one thought, it’s that our political life is failing because our communities and homes are failing. America’s bedrock principle, “one nation under God,” isn’t being treated as such. A Romanian economist insinuated that the destruction of the American economy is paralleling the destruction of the […]
Conservative Column: ‘Vote your conscience, the conscience of the church’
KATE CLARE CONSERVATIVE COLUMNIST This 2016 election has been one of the most stressful ones that we’ve witnessed. Frankly, none of our candidates are good candidates. All of them have critical flaws. And all of us are running circles trying to justify why we should, can, could, might vote for this one or that. Succumbing […]
Conservative Column: Catholicism should impact everything, even one’s politics
KATE CLARE CONSERVATIVE COLUMNIST Should your faith be an influence on your voting? I’m confused and concerned that we’re even asking this question. Catholicism should, maturely considered, influence every aspect of one’s personal life. The way we eat, the way we work, the way we enter relationship (filial, too!), the way we treat our cashiers […]
CONSERVATIVE COLUMN: Stop Treating the Presidential Candidates like they’re the Second Coming
KATE CLARE CONSERVATIVE COLUMNIST One day, a presidential candidate will arise who will make the nation great again. One who promises that a political revolution is coming. A presidential candidate, maybe, who says she will be the champion for everyday Americans. A candidate who will heal, inspire, revive! One who will deliver new possibilities and […]
Conservative Column: Understanding traditional marriage in order to revive it
KATE CLARE CONSERVATIVE COLUMNIST Modern conservatism is outraged over the SCOTUS decision to legalize same-sex marriage. But as several of the speakers at the recent World Congress of Families in Salt Lake City pointed out, if the U.S. wants to defend traditional marriage, then more energy should be focused on grassroots, local-level cultural reforms of […]