Inside the Capitol

  • The Inseparable Link: Pornography and Human Trafficking

    Posted by · March 02, 2018 3:00 PM

    Every second, people spend $3,075.64 on pornography; every second, 28,258 people view it online; every 39 minutes, a new pornographic video is made in the United States; and every day approximately 11 million teens access some form of pornography.

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  • Fighting fake news with the truth of Christ

    Posted by · February 21, 2018 12:00 PM

    Fake news that distorts public discourse and manipulates the public will not be countered effectively by a renewed interest in journalistic ethics or more laws aimed at improving disclosure of the sources of online content. It is a cultural problem.

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  • Caucusing for human dignity

    Posted by · January 25, 2018 1:00 PM

    It might not be a presidential election year, but in November, Minnesotans will still vote for a governor and all 10 of its representatives in Congress, including two U.S. Senate seats. These decisions can potentially shift balances of power on both state and national levels.

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  • Taking battle notes from Star Wars

    Posted by · December 15, 2017 1:00 PM

    As Catholics, we lose a lot of battles in the public arena. Sometimes giving up and opting out appears to be the best option, but it’s not. Each of us has a small but crucial role to play in God’s great story of salvation, which often doesn’t look much like earthly victory.

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  • St. Francis: Tough words for lawmakers and citizens alike

    Posted by · November 17, 2017 1:00 PM

    St. Francis of Assisi is a beloved saint to many, but often a mischaracterized one. Usually shown with animals, the mainstream vision of Francis is tame and gentle. However, St. Francis was an intense and radical preacher, consumed with zeal for the kingdom of God and intent on relaying the truth to others, including Muslim sultans.

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  • Overdoses, violence and God-talk

    Posted by · October 23, 2017 1:00 PM

    Our society is failing to get to the bottom of the issues. We spend our energy trying to treat the symptoms of social crises, while either ignoring or remaining in denial about the deeper problems in today’s world, which exist first and foremost within the human heart.

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  • Combating racial disparities

    Posted by · September 26, 2017 1:00 PM

    Racial disparities continue to persist in American life. As a response, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops recently instituted a new initiative to fight racism in all its forms.

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  • Gender ideology: colonizing — not cultivating — student minds

    Posted by · August 22, 2017 3:00 PM

    Our schools should be places where children are trained to pursue the true, the good and the beautiful — or, at the very least, equipped to honestly and rationally engage with objective reality. A school should be a place of education, not ideological instruction.

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  • The Crisis of Men without Work

    Posted by · July 12, 2017 4:00 PM

    There is a growing deficit of men in the workforce.

    According to government data, more than seven million American men between the ages of 25 and 54, the traditional prime of working life, are not even looking for a job. The U.S. now ranks second-to-last among developed nations in the rate of adult men in the workforce, thanks to a steady 13 percent decline over the past fifty years.

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