Politics

Catholic Social Teaching in American Politics, Part One

The Catholic Social Teaching is an integral part of the beliefs of the Catholic Church. Encompassing issues of life, family, the environment, poverty, and human rights, the Church’s teachings, known as the seven themes of Catholic social teaching, are...

The Ultimate Guide to Texas Primaries

As people are still recovering from the polarized election of 2016, it may be shocking that elections are again on the horizon. If you do not vote in these midterm elections, you will not be in the minority. In...

America’s Plague of Gun Violence

The Time is Now: Seventeen lives were lost on Valentines Day in Parkland, Florida where a shooter went inside the school unopposed and was later pinned down by the police. What happened in Florida is another case of the many mass shootings...

Making America Great Again: Trump’s First State of the Union

“Each day since, we have gone forward with a clear vision and a righteous mission -- to make America great again for all Americans,” the President booms across the Chamber of Commerce. “Over the last year, we have made...

We Should Remove Confederate Iconography

On August 11, 2017, a group of white supremacists and neo-Nazi terrorists descended on Charlottesville, Virginia to (supposedly) protest the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee. These protests ended with multiple injuries and the death of one...

Confederate Statues: Falling Down the Memory Hole

Read Godfrey's other political commentaries here: Making America Great Again: Trump’s First State of the Union Trump’s Presidency: A Review of the First 100 Days Health Care and the Job of the State Wage Gap or Information Gap? "When one knew that any document...

Trump’s First Hundred Days: A Response

On January 20th, 2017, to the horror and shock of people around the world, former reality star Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the President of the United States of America. Trump has proceeded to flail his way...

Trump’s Presidency: A Review of the First 100 Days

On January 20th, 2017, Donald J. Trump was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States of America. On January 20th, 2017, protesters amplified their assault proportionately to the amount of media coverage of a fabricated Russian conspiracy...

Government Healthcare for All?

Should and can the government provide healthcare for all of its citizens? That is the question that has been at the center of the healthcare debate since it began. The modern GOP says that the less federal government interference in...