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Kitty Genovese’s Killer, Whose Crime Spurred Research Into Apathy and the “Bystander Effect”, Dies in Prison

By Kathy Schiffer| 2016-04-05T20:39:20+00:00 April 5th, 2016|Politics & Culture|

On March 28, Winston Mosley, the man who raped and murdered Kitty Genovese near her Queens, New York home, died in prison at the age of 81. In 1964, when the crime occurred, the New York

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So Who Is the Real “Reactionary” in Georgia’s Religious Liberty Vote?

By Kathy Schiffer| 2016-03-31T22:28:58+00:00 March 31st, 2016|Politics & Culture|

I'm stuck on perennial eye-roll here. That's because Religion News Service--a characteristically left-leaning site--has called Christians who objected to Governor Nathan Deal's veto of HB 757 "reactionary." HB 757 and other bills which protect the

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THE MIFEPRISTONE MESS: Why Won’t the FDA Protect Women, Instead of Special Interests?

By Kathy Schiffer| 2016-03-31T01:19:57+00:00 March 31st, 2016|Politics & Culture|

Today the US Food and Drug Administration announced that it had approved new labeling for the abortion drug, mifepristone. The Guardian, in reporting on the new regulation, showed its bias in favor of abortion rights,

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ISIS Stages Mass Attacks (As in Brussels), and Small Ones (As in Bangladesh)

By Kathy Schiffer| 2016-03-25T15:43:43+00:00 March 25th, 2016|Politics & Culture|

Hossain Ali was a Muslim; but in 1999, he and his family converted to Christianity, joining the local Presbyterian church in the Kurigram district of Bangladesh. The 68-year-old Ali was out for his morning walk

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What If the Choice Comes Down to Hillary or Trump?

By Kathy Schiffer| 2016-03-15T02:39:03+00:00 March 15th, 2016|Politics & Culture|

It's not a happy scenario: What if, next November, the choice comes down to voting for Hillary Clinton or for Donald Trump? It's almost too late to avoid that fate; but if there is anything

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Catholic Leaders Issue Open Letter Before Elections: STOP TRUMP!

By Kathy Schiffer| 2016-03-07T23:17:44+00:00 March 7th, 2016|Politics & Culture|

"Vulgarity, oafishness, shocking ignorance, and — we do not hesitate to use the word — demagoguery." Those are among the charges which 37 of America's leading Catholics have leveled against GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump. Princeton Professor

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TODAY: Salt + Light TV Airs Fr. Thomas Rosica’s Interview With Bernie Sanders

By Kathy Schiffer| 2016-02-23T17:22:20+00:00 February 23rd, 2016|Politics & Culture|

CAN A CATHOLIC VOTE FOR BERNIE SANDERS? That question has been bouncing around on the Internet recently, with no clear consensus emerging. Marc Barnes says yes, albeit dejectedly. Barnes explores the issues in some depth on

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Fact-Checking God and Government: Did Obama Remove the Words “Under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance?

By Kathy Schiffer| 2016-02-09T18:14:16+00:00 February 9th, 2016|Politics & Culture|

Did President Obama remove the words "Under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance, and order that it be banned from all government buildings in the nation? NO, HE DID NOT. That story has been repeated

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Terrible Television Moments: The Heidi Game, the Great Pumpkin, and the Family Hour

By Kathy Schiffer| 2016-02-07T23:21:43+00:00 February 7th, 2016|Politics & Culture|

In honor of tonight's Superbowl game, I am reposting an article from November 2014 about the "Heidi game" and a more recent television scandal. * * *

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God at the Iowa Caucus: How the Candidates Pray

By Kathy Schiffer| 2016-02-04T01:42:02+00:00 February 4th, 2016|Politics & Culture|

There are no atheists in foxholes, says the old saw; and likewise, you've got to dislodge a lot of rocks to dig up the atheists in political campaigns. A recent Pew study reported that 51%

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