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Show notes: Is Kamala Harris the presumptive nominee? How the Bet on an 81-Year-Old Joe Biden Turned into an Epic Miscalculation Willa Cather, One of Ours (affiliate link) We talk about the movies Boys on the Boat and Sully! To receive new posts and podcasts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Thank you for listening to The Home Front! This post is public so feel fre...

IS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY BECOMING PRO-CHOICE? Troublingly, Republicans brush pro-life support aside and removed pro-life planks from the platform, replacing them with support for IVF and birth control — and recent convert to Catholicism J.D. Vance pivots towards unprincipled rhetoric on abortion . J.D. Vance: “I have said, repeatedly, that that girl [10-year-old Ohio girl having to leave the state...

Archbishop Viganò excommunicated ; other prelates get a pass Rhetoric vs. reality in the Synod’s working document Entirely excluded from the synod! WSJ: How Biden’s Inner Circle Worked to Keep Signs of Aging Under Wraps Marine Corps Band supplies walk-on music for Jill Biden - how fabulous Diversity Was Supposed to Make Us Rich. Not So Much. “Since 2015, the approach has been tested in the fire of...

Show notes: Vatican prefect doubles down in defense of use of Rupnik’s art Vatican ‘trial of the century’ defendant opens countersuit in London court US bishops’ conference cuts justice-and-peace staff Is It Time to Abolish the USCCB? by Leila Marie Lawler New law requires all Louisiana public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro (affi...

Show notes: Scientific American: Children Deserve Uniform Standards in Homeschooling The Harvard Gazette: A warning on homeschooling HSLDA: Harvard Summit to Discuss Regulating Homeschooling HSLDA Responds to the Summit (good info on who the players are) Interview with Andrea Grillo on the Traditional Liturgy: The Church isn’t a “high-society club” or “sect that experiences infidelity as salvation...

Show notes: Europe’s Elections: Right, But Not Far — Robert Royal The Modern State Will Become Very Religious — Sebastian Morello Justice Alito’s wife vows revenge for flag controversy in secret recording This will not be 1968.’ Chicago police prepare for DNC as whole world watches once again. 9th Circuit Court Decision in Health Freedom Defense Fund v. Carvalho ( thread on Twitter from Julie Hame...

Show notes: The Fauci narrative, undermining science and democracy: Phil Lawler on Catholic Culture A Little Mother Prevents Big Brother, by Stella Morabito The Genius of America, by Janos Zoltan Csak; Angelico Press, 2024 The Everlasting Man, by G.K. Chesterton Get full access to Happy Despite Them at leilamarielawler.substack.com/subscribe

Podcast notes: Progressive Catholicism losing hope: A rare candid acknowledgment that this pontificate is a failure The myth of progressive Catholicism: Not even the will of God can keep the culture wars out of the Vatican Something is very wrong in an Argentine diocese Did Pope say seminaries should not admit homosexuals? Pope Francis never intended to offend: 'Room for everyone in the Church' Th...

Notes: U.S. Birth Rate Drops To New Low After Pandemic ‘Baby Bump’ - Forbes Suddenly There Aren’t Enough Babies. The Whole World Is Alarmed - Wall Street Journal Address of the Holy Father to participants in the General States of Natality, 10.05.2024 The Ultimate Resource by Julian Simon (affiliate link) Down the Garden Path by Beverley Nichols (affiliate link) Find more from Phil here: Catholic C...

Show notes: Russell Kirk (His book Decadence and Renewal in Higher Education is out of print — snatch it up if you ever see it!) William F. Buckley, God and Man at Yale (affiliate link) David Clayton, The Way of Beauty: Liturgy, Education, and Inspiration for Family, School, and College (affiliate link) AP: ‘A step back in time': America’s Catholic Church sees an immense shift toward the old ways...

Here are the show notes for our first episode! Please pray for Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo of Kinshasa, as Phil discusses in the podcast! He’s standing firm against immorality and the corruption of the government in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Title IX: Biden’s new rules on Title IX gut protection for women and girls , but is that regulation good in the first place? George Roche, The Price of...