A Closer Look
Summary: A Closer Look™ with Sheila Liaugminas features notable experts, newsmakers, elected officials, scholars and clergy on a variety of current event topics including social and moral issues, politics, and medical bioethics. Sheila and her guests put the news of the day into sharp focus from a uniquely Catholic perspective.
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Podcasts:
Jason Jones: ‘The Race to Save Our Century’, principles to promote peace, freedom and a culture of life; ways the pro-life movement can and must advance the mission to protect and defend vulnerable human life, all life with no exceptions and no geographical border extinctions; the power of ‘story’ to reach people’s hearts & minds.
Fr. Robert Spitzer: Clues to our transcendent destiny from the Revelation of Jesus, and our transcendent nature from experience and reason; ‘The Light Shines on in the Darkness’, transforming suffering through faith; satisfying our restless hearts and finding true happiness and transcendent fulfillment. Eucharistic miracles: Sokolka, Poland October 12, 2008
Congressman Dan Lipinski: Congressman’s Catholic high school commencement address reminded graduates their “first priority” was heaven; his challenge: “If you really want to change the world, you must choose to be Catholic and carry Jesus into the public square”; Catholic education taught him that “Jesus’ parable of the talents meant I had to use my […]
Dan Gainor: New twist on ‘Truth in News’ issues with former New York Times staff editor writing public resignation letter calling out the ‘Paper of record’ for pushing ideological “orthodoxy,” kowtowing to Twitter mobs, and the internal “new McCarthyism.”; she also reveals being scolded for not holding to the liberal orthodoxy the NYT expects of […]
Fran Maier: Lumping real persons into abstractions of class, or race, or religion we disincarnate them, abstract them as impersonal data; abstract problems invite abstract solutions; parables and stories are incarnational, they teach truths, help us see why we’re alive, how we should live, and what the world means; knowing the truth is being freed by it. Kathryn […]
Ed Morrissey, guest host – HotAir.com Dr. Randall Smith: Greater respect for the Constitutional order & a willingness to sacrifice our “lives, fortunes, and sacred honor” in its preservation are the only things standing between us and tyranny; students should learn a required understanding of the text of the Constitution; important debate about the virtues […]
Dr. Anne Hendershott: ‘Covidivorces’; Predicted higher rate of divorces during and due to COVID never materialized; there has been a 45 percent decline in the typical monthly average of divorces in NYC alone, and this trend extends to other cities as well; the time in lockdown has made us reassess what is most important to […]
Ed Morrissey, hosts Andrew McCarthy, National Review: A victory for Little Sisters of the Poor, but the case will drag on. Pause for progressives. Ed & Andrew discuss: Our Lady of Guadalupe vs Morrissey-Berru. Dale Ahlquist Chesterton Schools Network to open 12 new schools in 2020, spreading the Catholic intellectual tradition. Is there such a thing […]
George Weigel: New book out today The Next Pope: The Office of Peter and a Church in Mission focuses on the importance and centrality of Vatican II, specifically two key documents from that Council, for the Church now and in the future; what the next pope must do to remain faithful to the Holy Spirit’s […]
Guest Host, Ed Morrissey of HotAir.com Mike Berry: First Liberty attorney on defense of USAF Major from being court-martialed for going to church; ‘absolutely outrageous that our troops can’t go to church, but they can attend a protest, use mass transit or host house parties’. Ed Morrissey covers Supreme Court decision that states can punish […]
Sen. Katrina Jackson: Author of Louisiana pro-life law says it wasn’t about the underlying legality of abortion, it was about women’s health; Supreme Court ruling in favor of abortion doctors denied women common sense protection. Jason Jones: Roundtable discussion of pro-life efforts across the country to help women, educate the public, tell the human story […]
Peter Breen: Supreme Court on LA abortion law, other abortion cases in courts across the country, forecast for legal challenges to Roe in the months/years ahead; what the pro-life movement should focus on and how strongly their efforts must proceed, undaunted by challenges and seeming setbacks; Religious Freedom Restoration Act & discrimination these days. Walter […]
Stephen White: EPPC scholar asks ‘Are These Not My People?’, racial, cultural, class differences in America and how we heal the divide; the deeper task of Christians in the current cultural crisis is to remind people of who they are, to show the world that ‘there’s a more excellent way’. Carrie Severino: Judicial Crisis Network […]
John Bursch: ADF response on Supreme Court decision to strike down Louisiana’s law requiring abortionists to hold admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, just as doctors at ambulatory surgical centers are required to have for the good of their patients; abortion providers went to great lengths to overturn bi-partisan LA state law. Prof. Paul Kengor: Dupes: […]
Jon Stotts: Dynamic young Catholic passionate about scripture encourages Catholics to immerse themselves in the Bible; suggests Scripture that offers hope & consolation in these challenging times, especially for families, small groups, who pray through the Bible together. Chris Ferrara: Federal Court rules New York Governor Cuomo is wrong to limit worship services; Thomas More […]
