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WHAT IS SOCIAL JUSTICE? NOT WHAT YOU THINK IT IS When Pope Francis visited the United States in September, it may have been the first time that some Americans heard about the Jesuits, an order of Catholic priests renowned as educators and social justice advocates. Francis the first Jesuit ever elected to the papacy. For graduates of a Jesuit high…

Why Take the Trump Stunt Seriously? Why Take the Trump Stunt Seriously? So how exactly does this work, Donald Trump’s plan to keep America safe from Islamic terrorism by barring entry to all Muslims? He explained it Tuesday on TV. The immigration official will ask the foreigner if he’s a Muslim. “And if they said, ‘yes,’ they would not be…

In Las Vegas Debate, a Rubio-Cruz Showdown Takes Center Stage Nine candidates took the stage here Tuesday night for the final primetime Republican debate of 2015, but in critical moments it seemed there were only two: Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. The pair of freshmen senators went toe-to-toe several times, most notably on the issues of the National Security Agency’s…

10 Quotes You’ll Want to See from Tonight’s Debate 12/15/2015 11:25:00 PM – Townhall.com Staff In case you missed any of tonight’s dialogue, here are some of the most memorable moments from the Republican field in their last debate of 2015.

UPDATE: It gets worse. ABC News is reporting that Homeland Security officials have been bound by a secret US policy not to scrutinize visa applicants’ social media footprint because the Obama administration feared bad press over “civil liberties.” This represents an stunning, intentional dereliction of duty — all for PR: Fearing a civil liberties backlash and “bad public relations” for…

WASHINGTON — When a lonely Virginia teenager named Ali Amin got curious about the Islamic State last year and went online to learn more, he found a virtual community awaiting. It had its own peculiar language, stirring imagery and just the warm camaraderie, sense of adventure and devotion to a cause that were missing from his dull suburban life. At…

Everyone today is freaking out about a poll from Monmouth University that purports to show Donald Trump getting 41% of the Republican vote. There’s a lot to note about exactly how garbage this poll is. It is so bad that Monmouth’s own polling director is basically disavowing it. If you are interested in a relatively robust writeup of the methodological…

Donald Trump is all about winning. “If we win Iowa, we run the table,” he told a Des Moines rally on Friday. “It will be over quickly; we win virtually every state in the union.” But how will he handle defeat if the Superman of the Polls suddenly starts losing? Now there are three respected polls (Monmouth, Des Moines Register,…

There’s a demagogue loose in the land. He uses immigration and the war on terror to drive a wedge into the American populace. He traffics in absurd conspiracy theories about foreign influence, he mocks his political opponents, and he inspires friends and allies to lash out, lawlessly, against them. He compares patriotic Americans to jihadists, and he endangers our national…

Among the many criticisms of Donald Trump’s ban-Muslim-immigration proposal is that it is based on bogus data. In his statement announcing the proposal, Trump cited a survey from Frank Gaffney’s Center for Security Policy showing that “25 percent of [Muslims] polled agreed that violence against Americans here in the United States is justified as a part of the global jihad”…

The more analysts try to figure out Donald Trump’s appeal, the more they sound baffled. Pundits cite Trump’s verbal sloppiness and ridiculousness as proof that he must soon implode. But Trump sees his daily bombast as an injection of outrage for a constituency now hooked on someone who finally voices their pent-up anger. The more reckless Trump’s doses of scattergun…