“Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.” George Bernard Shaw, (1856-1950) Irish comic dramatist. Source Reference George Bernard Shaw Quote

Just before the one-year anniversary of the signing of the Paris agreement to combat climate change, Pope France gave a speech on one of the core principles of his Papacy to the members of the Pontifical Academy of Science (PAS),…

“Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security, or the rights of property; and have, in general, been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.”…

As fires raged in Gatlinburg, dozens of tornados ripped through parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee, on Wednesday November 30, some of them deadly. At least five people were killed and more than a dozen more were injured as…

“Liberty has never lasted long in a democracy, nor has it ever ended in anything better than despotism.” Fisher Ames, (1758-1808), American statesman, orator and political writer. Source Reference Fisher Ames Quote

It has long been known that a plant-based diet may be protective against diabetes. Studies have shown over and over again that those who eat meat one or more days a week had significantly higher rates of diabetes, and the…

As the day began Tuesday November 29, 2016 the extent of the damage from the wildfires in Gatlinburg, Tennessee came into focus. Buildings were reduced to charred ruins and some tourist destinations reported heavy damaged or complete destruction. Gatlinburg is…

“Institutions purely democratic must, sooner, or later, destroy liberty or civilization or both.” Thomas Babington Macaulay, (1800-1859) [Lord Macaulay] 1st Baron Macaulay, British historian. Source: Letter to H.S. Randall, May 23, 1857. Source Reference Thomas Babington Macaulay Quote

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) to be the U.S. attorney general in his administration. He will be the nation’s chief law enforcement officer, responsible for upholding the nation’s laws. Secular people and liberals are concerned…

“A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.” Thomas Jefferson, (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President. Source Reference Questionable…

The Catholic bishop’s conference of the European Union (COMECE) has again called for Sunday rest laws as part of their support for the European Pillar of Social Rights. The COMECE Social Affairs Commission and the Secretariat have supported the proposed…

“According to Gestapo records… they had little need to engage in direct spying on the citizens since the citizens themselves were more than willing to do their spying for them.” Kort E. Patterson, Source: Port of Call, August/September 1999. Source…