Austin Ruse is the President of the New York and Washington, D.C.-based Center for Family & Human Rights (C-Fam), a research institute that focuses exclusively on international social policy. The opinions expressed here are Mr. Ruse’s alone and do not necessarily reflect the policies or positions of C-Fam.


Now Kennedy is Really Dead

Thursday, January 21, 2010


A Rare U.N. Victory

Thursday, January 7, 2010


The Acid Reflux of the Questioning Church

Friday, December 11, 2009


The Delicate Thread of Thanks

Friday, November 27, 2009


The End of Common Ground

Friday, November 13, 2009


The First Freedom and the First Right

Friday, October 30, 2009


Lies, Damned Lies, and Phony Science

Friday, October 16, 2009


Maggie Rules

Friday, September 25, 2009


The Place of Abortion in Catholic Social Teaching

Friday, September 4, 2009


The World Congress of Families and the Limits of Dialogue

Friday, August 21, 2009


Weighing Medjugorje

Friday, August 7, 2009


Compromise on Abortion?

Friday, July 24, 2009


The Tour de France and the Interior Life

Thursday, July 9, 2009


The Yogyakarta What?

Friday, June 26, 2009


Billionaires Plot Population Strategy

Friday, May 29, 2009


A Vatican Newspaper Embarrasses Itself

Thursday, May 7, 2009


UNICEF Promotes Abortion in Latin America

Friday, April 24, 2009


This Totem Too Shall Fall

Thursday, April 9, 2009


Hey, Obama: Hands Off Burke

Thursday, March 26, 2009


The Knights of Malta and the Right to Life

Friday, March 13, 2009


Dead Girls and Live Boys Reconsidered

Thursday, February 26, 2009


Remember the Charism

Friday, February 13, 2009


Up from Traditionalism

Thursday, January 29, 2009


Do They Really Pay, Pray, and Obey?

Friday, January 16, 2009


How I Became a Caroline Kennedy Democrat

Friday, January 2, 2009


Are Urophilia and Partialism Human Rights?

Friday, December 19, 2008


Hilary’s Return and What it Means

Thursday, December 4, 2008


Catholic Bullies and the Unraveling of the Seamless Garment

Thursday, November 20, 2008


Marriage Wins Big, Unborn Lose Big

Friday, November 7, 2008


The Global Radicals and Barack Obama

Friday, October 24, 2008


The Whole World and the Soul of Robert Bork

Wednesday, September 24, 2008


The Democrats’ Religious Test for Federal Office: Faithful Catholics Need Not Apply

Friday, September 12, 2008


Obama and Democrats Slap Archbishop Chaput

Friday, August 22, 2008


Defeat and Disaster if McCain Picks a Pro-Choice Catholic

Thursday, August 14, 2008


International Law: Also at Stake This Election

Friday, August 1, 2008


Beware the Catholic Hucksters

Friday, July 18, 2008


Teddy, We Knew Ye Well

Thursday, July 3, 2008


Saving Europe: More Talledega, Less Sorbonne

Friday, June 20, 2008


The Real Lessons of the Hagee Case

Friday, June 6, 2008