Copyright © 2020 William Kevin Stoos
William Kevin Stoos (aka Hugh Betcha) is a writer, book reviewer, and attorney, whose feature and cover articles have appeared in the Liguorian, Carmelite Digest, Catholic Digest, Catholic Medical Association Ethics Journal, Nature Conservancy Magazine, Liberty Magazine, Social Justice Review, Wall Street Journal Online and other secular and religious publications. He is a regular contributing author for The Bread of Life Magazine in Canada. His review of Shadow World, by COL. Robert Chandler, propelled that book to best seller status. His book, The Woodcarver (]And Other Stories of Faith and Inspiration) © 2009, William Kevin Stoos (Strategic Publishing Company)—a collection of feature and cover stories on matters of faith—was released in July of 2009. It can be purchased though many internet booksellers including Amazon, Tower, Barnes and Noble and others. Royalties from his writings go to support the Carmelites. He resides in Wynstone, South Dakota.Move Over, Rush Limbaugh
Copyright © 2012 William Kevin Stoos This week the stars are perfectly aligned for Hugh Betcha and his boss, William Kevin Stoos, for this week two of the biggest voices in the media—and two of Hugh’s favorites—are going to appear in a live interview over KSCJ Radio 1360 in Sioux City, Iowa. Our readers know Judi McLeod of course—the brave and inspiring lady who runs the show at Canada Free Press and who—as Hugh has often said-- is a more patriotic American than most of Hugh’s countrymen.- Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Some say that Christmas is too secular, that the glitter, music, gifts and family dinners are really not what the holy day is about. They hold that the Baby Jesus has been forgotten in the cacophony and confusion of commercial Christmas. They say that it is only about the birth of Christ. Everything else, they say, is a distraction or, even worse, sacrilege. Others say Christmas is not a holy day, but a day for family, friends, and presents--that Jesus was an historical figure, whose life should not be celebrated any more than the birth of Gandhi, or Mohammed. They believe we should not say “Merry Christmas.” We should, they say, celebrate “Winterfest,” or “Winter Solstice” instead. They argue that talking about or singing about Christ is not politically correct. They want a politically and religiously sanitized civil holiday that inspires no one and therefore offends no one.
While Christmas is first and foremost a celebration of the birth of the baby who would save us, to deny that Christmas is also about family and presents, music and lights, decorations and merriment, is also wrong. Was His family not at the first Christmas? Did visitors not bring gifts to celebrate His birth? Did shepherds not visit the Holy Family on that day?
John Lillis is a very good man. Educated at Steubenville, immersed in the Catholic faith and as devout and passionate a man as you are ever going to find, he could well have been a priest. He knows his faith that well. But, instead, he chose another vocation--no less important than the priesthood. He chose married life. The father of seven kids, he is a family man who lives his faith every day. But his most admirable quality of all is his passion for life--in all its forms. The former PAC Chairman of the Nebraskans United for Life and long-time pro-life activist, Lillis is an outspoken advocate for the unborn and an unapologetic defender of the faith. Perhaps this is because he himself was adopted. And, God gave him not only a large imposing frame but a golden, articulate voice, affable manner, and persuasive personality that make him the most effective advocate for life that I have ever met. Lillis fills a room with his presence and you always know where he stands. I often refer to him as a force of nature.
-- Satire
Buoyed by his appearance on The View, where he was once again fawned over by the female hosts, President Obama invited his old friend Hugh Betcha—winner of the 2012 Sexiest Reporter Alive award by the Rachael Maddow Show to discuss the War on Women. As they sat in their usual overstuffed chairs in the Oval Office, the President sneaked another Marlboro as he sat back and heaved a sigh of relief.
“Michelle is out running errands so this is tobacco time,” the President grinned. “Want one?”
-Satire
Before he became Vice President, Joe Biden was not exactly Santa Claus. So, one thing I think you will not see during the Vice President debates is a discussion on charity--Joe will not want to discuss this at all.
Just when I thought that there was no politician stingier than Barack Obama--who, before he became President, gave as little as .6% of his income to the poor--lo and behold Obama picked as his running mate, a man who gives far less to the poor than he. While Obama's tax returns prior to his 2008 election reveal a portrait of a man who privately gives very little to the poor--less than any Republican I know--Joe Biden gives even less.
It is a beautiful, if creepy thing, this Fabian Window. And since I first wrote about it four years ago—before Obama’s socialist administration came to power—the message contained in the stained glass has become creepier still, for the message in the glass portends where Obama has taken us the last four years and where he intends to take us yet. It illustrates his game plan, his program, his ideology and his modus operandi. And it might as well hang in the White House for all to see. For the sheep’s clothing has been removed and we see the wolf for what he is…..
One by one, Obama’s sycophants lined up before TV cameras and appeared on every available talk show to repeat the mantra: “That film caused the riots and destruction that has engulfed the Middle East.” First there was Hillary (One must suspend disbelief) Clinton, then Susan Rice, then every commentator in the Obama Lap Dog Press, including but not limited to MSNBC (Most Sycophants Nuzzling Barack Constantly); ABC (All Barack Channel); and CBS (Covering Barack Systematically). No, it was not the seething anti-American hatred of the militant Islamists nor was it the anniversary of 911 that prompted the attacks on American interests in scores of countries across the Middle East. That could not be, given the fact that he who promised to tame the oceans, clean the air and bring peace to the Middle East by his mere election was now the President.
Given Obama’s personal hostility toward the pro-life movement and his administration’s bias against Catholic values and beliefs-- as evidenced by recent HHS health care mandates and the imposition of his secular agenda upon religious institutions or their affiliates--I wondered aloud in my recent column