Editorial

We made it through another year

We made it through another year

M any people throughout the world use the New Year holiday as a time to reflect on the previous year and make resolutions for the year ahead.

Most Americans don’t know how bad the border crisis

Most Americans don’t know how bad the border crisis

T his week could mark the most consequential development on the U.S.-Mexico border since January 2021, when President Joe Biden essentially opened the nation’s doors to millions of illegal border crossers. Depending on how court fights turn out, Title 42, the Trumpera measure that allows the U.S. government to quickly return illegal crossers to Mexico on the grounds of preventing the spread of COVID, will likely soon expire. After that, officials expect a flood of illegal crossers, all coming into the United States confident that they, like hundreds of thousands before them just this year, will be allowed to stay.

There’s gold in them thar hillbillies

There’s gold in them thar hillbillies

I t didn’t surprise me when, backstage at the Grand Ole Opry, Father Thomas Joseph White began telling me that while he enjoyed touring with his band the Hillbilly Thomists, which consists of musical friars, he enjoys writing more. When not playing banjo in Nashville, White is the rector of the Angelicum in Rome; the school’s most famous alumnus is Pope John Paul II. His latest book is an authoritative study of the Holy Trinity.

Is there a Santa Claus?

“ Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa ClausHe exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exists and you know that they are abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy,” For children, the magic of Christmas is that longawaited time of the year when Santa Claus appears, when a list of desired toys is shared or letters sent to Santa. Instead of instant gratification, children have an opportunity, for a change, to wait for presents.

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Gratitude is great

Thanksgiving Day is a time to acknowledge the things in our lives that keep us going when so many challenges are faced on a daily basis. When we think of gratitude, we think of being thankful for what we have instead of what we may lack.

TV tosses tinsel on 158 holiday films

W hen it comes to sappy holiday movies, you either scorn them as you would another pair of reindeer-themed socks, or you eagerly binge on offerings such as “My Southern Family Christmas,” produced by Hallmark and described thusly: “Under the guise of a journalist, Campbell has a chance to get to know her biological father for the first time — without him ever knowing who she really is. … Campbell must decide if she’s going to keep her identity a secret or reveal the truth to her father — a decision that will change their family Christmas forever.”

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