KATE CLARE CONSERVATIVE COLUMNIST There’s an old saying that goes: “The man who pays the piper calls the tune.” It’s no secret that money can sway decisions and policy according to who holds the purse strings and why. Now, as…
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Conservative Column: Compassion & Choices is everything but
KATE CLARE CONSERVATIVE COLUMNIST Diana Rehm, NPR host, recently assisted her husband, who suffered greatly from Parkinson’s disease, in dying by cooperating with his decision to starve himself. After his death, Rehm said, “I feel the way that John had…
Conservative Column: Promoting a culture of life for all: born, unborn
KATE CLARE CONSERVATIVE COLUMNIST Thanks to the Franciscan chapter of Young Americans for Freedom, the presidential State of the Union address was live streamed into the Gentile Gallery for all interested students. Unfortunately, for every convicting point President Obama made,…
Conservative Column: It isn’t cool not to care
KATE CLARE Conservative Columnist It can be tempting to feel distanced from Washington, D.C. It can become easy to treat often over-sensationalized political discussions as though they exist in a world entirely separate from reality. Both poorly-constructed policy and unwise…
Conservative Column: The real meaning of ‘pro-life’
KATE CLARE Conservative Columnist On Jan. 22, thousands of pro-life activists gathered in Washington, D.C., despite the dangerously cold weather, to participate in the annual March for Life. They were joined by approximately 500 Franciscan University of Steubenville students. In…