Making Life Work

By: Lenny Cacchio

Dinesh D’Souza is an author and political pundit whose newest book is entitled What’s So Great About Christianity. Note that the title does not end in a question mark. Noted atheist Christopher Hitchens recently appeared on stage with D’Souza to debate the question of religion. 

I was able to view an eight minute clip, and while I do not know how D’Souza fared in the entire debate, I do claim disappointment in how he dealt with on of Mr. Hitchens’ challenges.

Hitchens claims that the Church aided and abetted the rise of Fascism in the 20th Century. People such as Franco and Mussolini were practicing Catholics and had reached various agreements and accommodations with the Vatican regarding their policies and activities....

By: Lenny Cacchio

    I have been called some unsavory things in my life, but nothing as overt as this.  In a recent on-line essay (which we will henceforth call the White Paper) I was accused of:

1.      Being an extremist Christian fascist

2.      A huge threat

3.      A member of the Christian Mafia

4.      A threat to freedom and democracy

5.      Desirous of abolishing Constitutional law

6.      Wanting to outlaw all faiths other than Christianity

    And that was just in the first few paragraphs!   I admit the author of the White Paper wasn’t speaking of me in particular, but only generally about those of us who might be considered “Conservative Christians.”  The diatribe is one of many making...