The race for the White House, between age comparisons and teleprompter
If you look at the ages of the presidential candidates, there are similarities between 1984, when Reagan ran for re-election, and today. The Democrats cannot use the age difference argument with Trump: they would score a home goal. Experience and vitality count more than age. And Harris’ dependence on the teleprompter....
Despite so many speak with hatred, we speak of prayer
On the Solemnity of the Assumption the Daily Compass adheres to the appeal of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, for a prayer of intercession to the Blessed Virgin Mary for peace.
- Prayer to our Lady of the Assumption
August 15 day of prayer and negotiations for peace in the Middle East
"I invite everyone to a moment of intercession for peace to the Blessed Virgin Mary," Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem calls all Christians to prayer on 15 August, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the same day the next round of pace negotiations will take place between the US, Israel, Qatar and Egypt for a ceasefire in Gaza.
The soul of Britain is at stake
In the face of the widespread riots in the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Starmer's response is to repress a phantom 'extreme right'. He does not want to face the real source of a conflict that is imploding a country that has lost its identity.
Khelif-Carini: Worldwide violence disguised as sport
An announced disaster was staged in Paris yesterday. Boxer Angela Carini walked out of the ring after about forty seconds: too dangerous a gap between a woman and a man. By now this is a scourge that can only be stopped if girls refuse to compete. Scandalous reporting by Rai.
‘Money talks’: financiers and pollsters in US elections
The more unique than rare characteristics of American elections make two figures essential: the pollster and the financier. They invest in the winner and probe to see how the candidate is faring.
Jesuit magazine makes absurd parallel between Biden-Benedict XVI resignations
Jesuit Michael O'Loughlin, in an article in America, compares Biden's renunciation to run for the White House with Benedict XVI's renunciation of the Petrine ministry. Not only the parallel doesn’t hold due to the evident differences in situations and persons, it’s an insult to Pope Ratzinger.
Biden’s exit puts Harris “gamble” under scrutiny
Biden has endorsed his vice-president to replace him for the nomination. A choice that represents continuity. But until now she is noted only for her support for abortion and her failure in the one task entrusted to her: resolve America’s illegal immigration problems.
Double standards: environmentalists ignore $600 million wedding pollution
The Indian billionaires Anat Ambani e Radhika Merchant, not only celebrated the wedding of the year, but also the most polluting. $600 million spent, thousands of planes and unbridled opulence. Silence from those who constantly accuse only the West of “consuming the planet's resources.”
China bans "Taiwan" and "independence" word combination
Approved new guidelines severely punish up to the death penalty anyone, including abroad, who asserts Taiwan's independence or its entry into international organizations.
NATO summit puts Europe on warpath
The balance of the Atlantic Alliance summit seems to confirm the West's inclination to seek military confrontation with Russia and that of the United States' to leave Europe increasingly weak politically, militarily, socially and economically.
The Search for New Candidates?
In one of his comments Trump said he was running for president again to get rid of Joe Biden. If Biden steps down will Trump follow? There is now some possibility of having two younger politicians competing for votes on November 5th.
