NR Daily: A Vatican-Based Bishop Extols China

Despite the media and blogosphere attention he attracts, Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, a 75-year-old Argentine who is chancellor of various pontifical academies, is a small-bore bit player in the current drama of what friends and critics alike regard as an increasingly dysfunctional Vatican. Yet when someone of even his relative insignificance announces that "right now, those who are best implementing the social doctrine of the Church are the Chinese," that dysfunction comes into sharp relief — and a correction of the record is imperative ...

February 08 2018

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A Vatican-Based Bishop Extols China George Weigel Despite the media and blogosphere attention he attracts, Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, a 75-year-old Argentine who is chancellor of various pontifical academies, is a small-bore bit player in the current drama of what friends and critics alike regard as an increasingly dysfunctional Vatican. Yet when someone of even his... READ MORE Välkommen, Senator McConnell Kevin D. Williamson Republicans have more or less abandoned their commitment to fiscal restraint — the recent Senate budget deal is only one more piece of evidence for that. Cynics and Democratic partisans will... Homeward Bound Kyle Smith Pity the pop-rock performer: If success comes to him, it normally comes too early. He tends to leave school young and half-educated, then find himself anointed as a god and redefined, before he... ADVERTISEMENT FISA-gate Is Scarier than Watergate Victor Davis Hanson The Watergate scandal of 1972–74 was uncovered largely because of outraged Democratic politicians and a bulldog media. They both claimed that they had saved American democracy from the Nixon... Against the Spending Bill The Editors Senate leaders have reached an agreement on a two-year budget deal. The deal would raise the budget caps that were established by the Budget Control Act in 2011 by almost $300 billion over the... The DACA Compromise Confusion Alexandra DeSanctis In the Senate yesterday, John McCain (R., Ariz.) and Chris Coons (D., Del.) introduced a bipartisan plan to extend the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program ahead of its upcoming... Paycheck by Paycheck Oren Cass Editor's Note: The following essay appears in This Way Up: New Thinking About Poverty and Economic Mobility, a collection of essays published by the American Enterprise Institute. It is... ADVERTISEMENT Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations Ronen Bergman "Hands down the best book I've read on intelligence, Israel, and, for that matter, the Middle East...this page-turning book is indispensable for understanding Israel's fight for survival, with a revelation on every page.." — Robert Baer, author of See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism LEARN MORE Military Parades in the USA SpaceX Falcon Heavy ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.