http://www.thegolemspeaks.com/articles/All the Latest News and Commentary from the Golem Speaksen-usMon, 28 May 2012 11:13:38 -0000http://www.thegolemspeaks.com/articles/2012/5/2/dan-savage-tries-bully-christians.htmlDan Savage has been unmasked. The paladin of tolerance showed the ugly, intolerant hatred seething beneath the sunny exterior of the "It Gets Better" campaign. In speaking to a large audience of "teen journalists," Savage heaped invective upon the Bi http://www.thegolemspeaks.com/articles/2012/5/2/dan-savage-tries-bully-christians.htmlhttp://www.thegolemspeaks.com/articles/2012/4/2/father-guarnizo-besieged-cult-niceness.htmlMuch has been made of the Father Marcel Guarnizo incident in Maryland a few weeks ago. Denying communion to an openly homosexual woman caused an outcry in the secular world and ultimately led to Fr Guarnizo's removal from ministry in the Archdiocese http://www.thegolemspeaks.com/articles/2012/4/2/father-guarnizo-besieged-cult-niceness.htmlhttp://www.thegolemspeaks.com/articles/2012/2/17/john-19-part-i-christ-king.html Chapter 19 of John’s Gospel, tells the story of the trial and the execution of our Lord, Jesus Christ at the hands of Pontius Pilate. The mystery of the Cross is at the heart of the Christian faith, and John’s telling of it is rich in l http://www.thegolemspeaks.com/articles/2012/2/17/john-19-part-i-christ-king.htmlhttp://www.thegolemspeaks.com/articles/2012/2/9/building-wall-around-freedom-conscience.htmlI don’t know whether to laugh or to cry. On one hand, LifeSiteNews reports that Archbishop Timothy Dolan is not on board with the larger pro-life movement’s desire to repeal Obamacare. On the other hand, according to the Washington Post a http://www.thegolemspeaks.com/articles/2012/2/9/building-wall-around-freedom-conscience.htmlhttp://www.thegolemspeaks.com/articles/2011/12/18/what-does-bible-really-say.htmlA group of friends and I were recently discussing scriptural interpretation.  How do we know that, for instance, getting a tattoo is moral or immoral?  Jewish law fairly clearly condemns tattoos, but the Catholic Church’s teaching is http://www.thegolemspeaks.com/articles/2011/12/18/what-does-bible-really-say.htmlhttp://www.thegolemspeaks.com/articles/2011/12/2/mitt-romney-unelectable-kook.htmlWith the GOP 2012 primary on the horizon, it is time to get serious about the nomination process. Bachmann, Perry and Cain have all risen in the polls, only to be exposed as unelectable for a variety of reasons. Newt Gingrich was recently hit by a de http://www.thegolemspeaks.com/articles/2011/12/2/mitt-romney-unelectable-kook.htmlhttp://www.thegolemspeaks.com/articles/2011/12/2/why-stimulus-doesnt-work.htmlOver the past decade, America has engaged in a long experiment in economics. We have spent beyond our means in the hope of stimulating economic growth. Now, America is $15 trillion in debt, and economic recovery still appears almost as distant as in http://www.thegolemspeaks.com/articles/2011/12/2/why-stimulus-doesnt-work.htmlhttp://www.thegolemspeaks.com/articles/2011/10/23/ron-paul-trumps-cain-and-perry-economy.htmlHerman Cain and Rick Perry are betting on tax policy to resurrect the American economy. Cain has been pushing a 9-9-9 tax plan, while Rick Perry has been touting his plan for a flat income tax. Democrats are still focusing on stimulus as a way to jum http://www.thegolemspeaks.com/articles/2011/10/23/ron-paul-trumps-cain-and-perry-economy.htmlhttp://www.thegolemspeaks.com/articles/2011/10/12/china-not-manipulating-its-currency.htmlSenators Kay Hagan (D) and Richard Burr (R) of North Carolina recently introduced a bill that would enlist the Department of Commerce to deal with the problem of Chinese Currency manipulation.  The accusation is a strange one.  To acce http://www.thegolemspeaks.com/articles/2011/10/12/china-not-manipulating-its-currency.htmlhttp://www.thegolemspeaks.com/articles/2011/10/1/al-awlaki-killing-threatens-us-all.htmlListening to the radio on the way home today, I heard something troubling. Conservatives were defending the al-Awlaki killing as though the president's authority to order a drone strike anywhere in the world were obvious and incontrovertible. Yet, th http://www.thegolemspeaks.com/articles/2011/10/1/al-awlaki-killing-threatens-us-all.html