Abraham's Journey
By Charlie Johnston Up until I was in my late 40’s, I could not wear a watch. If I tried, within three days it would stop. Every time. If I took it off, after a few days it would start running again. But if I put it back on it would rarely last an hour. […]
Read More The Best of Times, The Worst of TimesBy Charlie Johnston Our reader and commenter, Judy, brought up the growing controversy over data centers being sited all around the country. Working a political campaign, I realized just over a year ago this month, what a huge issue data centers were likely to become, so I have done a lot of study on the […]
Read More Concerning Data CentersBy Charlie Johnston When St. John Paul II died my father, then a Protestant Pentecostal Pastor, cried. When I asked him why it affected him so deeply, he told me that, from his perspective, John Paul had climbed up onto the cross with Jesus and stayed there with Him until Jesus called him home…that it […]
Read More Signs of Hope, Signs of ContradictionBy Charlie Johnston When I was running a group of Chicago-area weekly newspapers, I occasionally brought volunteers in to run polls on heated local races, under my supervision. It worked out well. The furthest we were ever off from the final result was less than 3 points. There is a bona fide science to classic […]
Read More We Were Polling Along…New Documentary Reveals How Abortionist Prey on Vulnerable Young Women – Not Only the Babies the Abortionists Extinguish This morning, David Daleiden released a powerful new documentary detailing how abortionists prey on vulnerable young women. He has been working on it for about a year. It follows a young couple and how they were brutally […]
Read More Daleiden Releases Game ChangerIn the brief run-up to the American Civil war between Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration and the start of hostilities, the new president was visited by a host of “peace committees,” urging him to let the rebellious states go in peace, forming two countries from one. Lincoln believed such a peace would only be illusory, setting off […]
Read More Birthing PainsBy Charlie Johnston In America we settle disputes with ballots, not bullets. Fascists use bullets and violence to get their way. Communists use coercion and force to achieve their aims. Authoritarians rig elections to make their depredations look genuine. In America, we settle disputes with ballots, not bullets. But we have the biggest fascist, communist, […]
Read More We Hold These Truths…By Charlie Johnston In the early morning hours of Friday, May 1, 2026, Bishop Rene Henry Gracida entered eternity a little more than a month before what would have been his 103rd birthday. Bishop Gracida was the author of the Blog, Abyssus Abyssum Invocat (Deep Calls to Deep) – which was also his episcopal motto. […]
Read More Bishop Rene Gracida Passes Into EternityBy Charlie Johnston The feud between Pope Leo and President Trump is dominating a lot of Catholic headlines these days. Many are saying that the Pope has gone completely political and is outside of any legitimate authority he has. Others argue that faithful Catholics must do whatever the Pope says (God forbid he ever starts […]
Read More Appearance and Reality: The Triumph is on the HorizonBy Charlie Johnston You have probably heard by now that the last remaining criminal charge against David Daleiden has been expunged and dismissed. It began over 10 years ago when Harris County in Texas (Houston) convened a grand jury to investigate Planned Parenthood (PP) after the revelations Daleiden made in his undercover videos (most of […]
Read More A Champion Prepares a Cultural Gamechanger
A Sign of Hope 