Abraham's Journey
By Charlie Johnston Front Royal, Virginia – I am very optimistic. I have said repeatedly that the power of darkness is broken – and that we will win every battle that we press forward with vigor on, under God going forward. I stand by that. But by no means do I mean it is all […]
Read More There Yet be DragonsBy Charlie Johnston Front Royal, Virginia – Dear Bishops, Though I have not lived in Chicago for nearly two decades, I remain a Cubs and a Bears fan. Even when they are terrible (and I have lived through plenty of that), despite the grousing and complaining, I want them to do well – or at […]
Read More An Affectionate Letter to Our BishopsBy Charlie Johnston Laurel, Maryland – Monday and Tuesday of this week were challenging…and rewarding. On Monday I went to pray at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church in Solomon’s Island, Maryland. It sits right on a beautiful segment of the Chesapeake Bay. Turning left into the parking lot, I stupidly allowed myself to […]
Read More Cast Down From the High PlacesBy Charlie Johnston Charleston, South Carolina – Back in the day, when dealing with malevolent opposition, if I had a chance to draw them into battle that would reveal their malevolence, I would take it even if the odds of prevailing in the particular battle were nearly non-existent. Revealing, in a high-profile way, the malevolence […]
Read More Whom God Would Destroy…By Charlie Johnston Niceville, Florida – I saw several wits on X and Facebook note that, for the first time in their lives, they were wishing they could skip the weekend and just get right to today. One has to hope that Joe Biden didn’t start World War III, bring in another 10 million illegal […]
Read More Happy Inauguration Day!By Charlie Johnston Ocala, Florida – The late Chicago Mayor, Richard J. Daley, had a saying I loved. “Good government is good politics and good politics is good government.” It was a memorable Chicago way of saying take care of the little things and the big things will take care of themselves. The late mayor […]
Read More Fiery TrialsBy Charlie Johnston Tallahassee, Florida – I have told the story of watching 9-11 in real time and exclaiming to my friend watching with me that the towers were about to collapse. I had seen them shudder just a few minutes before the first tower came down. My friend, a fellow long-time political operative, had let […]
Read More Make All Things New AgainBy Charlie Johnston Thomasville, Georgia – Our own Steve Baker formulated one of the more penetrating questions to a piece I wrote a few days ago that I decided to answer his question in the form of another column. First, it would be good for you to look at the column in question (or, at […]
Read More Unifying the Spiritual and the MaterialBy Charlie Johnston Advent, America – The jury has found Daniel Penny, the man who rescued subway riders in New York from a deranged man threatening to kill them, not guilty of causing the man’s death. Just like clockwork, BLM is threatening to riot and randomly kill white folks. BLM has become the photographic negative […]
Read More The Beginning of FulfillmentBy Charlie Johnston Huntsville, Alabama – As Pope Francis slyly accuses Israel of genocide for having the temerity to defend itself against another 40 years of terrorist-fueled rape, torture, and murder emanating from Gaza, serious Catholics around the world ask themselves, “How long, O Lord?” Planned Parenthood is caught negotiating for viable fetuses, tiny babies, […]
Read More The Turning of the Tide
A Sign of Hope 