Abraham's Journey
(In working on “The Ballad of the Ordinary Man,” I feel a deep need to make it simple and elegant. Some of the pieces I am doing are, actually, pre-requisites of a sort for that piece. We are tinkering away at discrete issues, but our ills are primarily structural. Our foundation has been badly damaged […]
Read More Edging Away From GomorrahBy Charlie Johnston Back in the early 90’s I was working as a secular radio talk show host and commentator. Even so, religion was one of my big topics – and I often spoke about abortion. At the time, even many nominally religious people accepted the depiction of Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, […]
Read More For My Friends Scarred by AbortionBy Charlie Johnston I have always been a free trader because I am a true believer in the power of largely untethered markets to create wealth and prosperity. That said, I am very pleased at President Trump’s tariff plan – and think it is long overdue. When you look at his actual plan rather than […]
Read More On Trade, Nukes, and Final Territorial DemandsBy Charlie Johnston Some very good things are going on in the pro-life movement just behind the scenes. Readers here are probably interested in how things went for Texas Right-to-Life (TRTL)endorsed candidates in last Tuesday’s primary. It was a very good night for them and their allies in what they call the Freedom […]
Read More Pro-Life Update(Over the last week I have been working on a piece entitled “The Center is Not Holding.” It has been a hard slog. Buffeted by outrage piled on top of offense mired in degradation and depravity each day – even each hour, it can be hard to see the big picture. The problem is […]
Read More What the Next Right Step Really MeansBy Charlie Johnston (There are a lot of links in this article that cover some technical issues in detail. The article stands on its own, but to develop a sure feel for the serious issues involved here, the links will help enormously.-CJ) I was shocked Friday to hear that the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops […]
Read More Texas Conference of Catholic Bishops Launches Political Attack Against Texas Right-to-LifeI’m disappointed with the lackluster way both some politicians and conservative commentators have defended the right to bear arms in the aftermath of the Florida school shooting. They act as if they are defending the principle of a Constitutional Right while tacitly (or even overtly) conceding that the left is defending an effective principle of […]
Read More Disarming Victims is a Dumb Way to Fight Crime(I have been depressed by hearing growing numbers of people I respect pondering whether we are reaching the end of all things. At this point, the crises in the Church seems to drive it more, even, than the serial crises in the world. I do not speak publicly in overtly prophetic terms anymore, so you […]
Read More This is Not the EndSpecial Counsel Robert Mueller’s indictment Friday of 13 Russian nationals was silly, dangerous, and a transparent effort to gain some leverage for a safe exit strategy from the sham that has been the Russian collusion investigation. To explain why, I decided to write this in the form of an analytical memo like those I used […]
Read More An Indictment About Nothing – Except LeverageBy Charlie Johnston Some people were depressed by my starkly candid piece, “What is Truth,” on the challenge before us in the States. Victor Davis Hanson wrote a much gentler description than I about what we face. No matter how you deliver the news, though, the choices are stark. Will we have objective standards of […]
Read More The Hope of the World
A Sign of Hope 