Lisa Fabrizio's Past Articles

147 articles

Misprision of a Felon

published: December 18, 2008

As the year 2008 winds down and President Bush’s days in office draw to a close, liberals all over the world are celebrating the Iraq shoe-throwing incident. But this only illustrates that th...

State of the Unions

published: December 11, 2008

I have a friend named Mike who is a very intelligent and sensible man. He is a strong supporter of lower taxes, the rule of law, the military and especially of the right to keep and bear arms; he i...

Prometheus Bound

published: December 05, 2008

From the trans fat Nazis in the Northeast to those on duty keeping school bake-sales safe for humanity out West; from banning plastic shopping bags--which were foisted on us by greenies to begin wi...

Offensive Conservatives

published: November 20, 2008

Scanning through the headlines, trying to find one that does not contain the phrase ëpresident-electí--does anyone remember George W. Bush being called anything but ëGovernor&iacut...;

Happy Days

published: November 13, 2008

We have just witnessed an historical election to be sure. Not because we have sent a black man to the seat of power, but because a fortuitous confluence of economic occurrences has convinced our fe...

What We Know

published: November 06, 2008

As I write this on Tuesday, the presidential election is, despite media cheerleading, still in doubt. But by the time you read this, the outcome may or may not be known. What is known is that this ...

What Does That Make Me?

published: October 30, 2008

I have a brother who revels in an old joke; so that when the gender of a family newborn is announced, he asks: “What does that make me, an aunt or an uncle?”  As corny as that soun...

Italian Food for Thought

published: October 23, 2008

For four days it was bliss. Sitting in the window of a 15th Century converted convent every morning, waiting for the sun to rise over a gorgeous valley filled with olive groves and pine trees, I wa...

The Women

published: October 02, 2008

Many movie fans consider 1939 the greatest ever in the history of American filmmaking and it would be hard to argue the point. In the days before Hollywood degenerated into the trash heap it is tod...

Explaining Ourselves

published: September 25, 2008

As we head for the home stretch in our political season and each party reins in the votes of its membership, the focus will become those who label themselves as independents or moderates. Both side...

Those Who Forget the Past

published: September 17, 2008

At a small party over the weekend, the subject of our presidential election arose. Living as I do in Connecticut, I was prepared for the typical onslaught a conservative is sure to endure from libe...

America’s Imperfect Servant

published: September 11, 2008

This, to say the least, has been one of the strangest presidential races in years; especially for conservatives. When this marathon began many months ago, our choices ranged from liberal Rudy Giuli...

Convention Confusion

published: September 04, 2008

I, like many of you, forced myself to sit through nearly all four long days of the Democratic Convention; albeit with my trusty mute button ever ready for protection from long-winded attempts at or...

American Papists

published: August 28, 2008

John F. Kennedy was the first presidential candidate to enunciate the idea that Catholicism might somehow be detrimental toward being a good American. In seeking to distance himself from the dark p...

All American Otherness

published: August 21, 2008

With only a week to go before the donkeys kick up their heels in Denver, the powers that be at the New York Times, acting in their unofficial capacity as mouth organ for the Democratic Party, have ...

Hillary Does Denver

published: August 14, 2008

Thank you, thank you. Oh, hi there, how are you? Why, thanks so much! Nice to see you again Michelle. Call me for that cookie recipe, okay? Just kidding! Thank you, thank you, thank you all so very...

Birds of a Feather

published: August 07, 2008

As is by now apparent, Barack Obama and his crack team of foreign policy experts have proven themselves totally tone-deaf when it comes to understanding the American people and their views toward t...

You Can’t Go Home Again

published: July 31, 2008

Maybe it’s me, but I’m still trying to understand the logic of the Obama campaign’s European tour. Don’t get me wrong, his obligatory trip to the Middle East and Afghanistan...

Sports Heroes?

published: July 24, 2008

Every Sunday night I go out to my favorite club to engage in lively conversation and enjoy some adult companionship. In the summertime, this often includes taking in ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseb...

Big O Losing Big Mo?

published: July 17, 2008

Poor Barack Obama. In the space of a few short weeks, he has gone from liberal savior with a 15 point lead over John McCain, to a mere mortal in a dead heat in the polls. He has alienated some of h...

Independence Forever!

published: July 10, 2008

During this past weekend while attending the usual round of holiday cookouts, I continued my custom of wishing family and friends a happy Independence Day and continued receiving the oddest looks i...

Straight Talk on Truth

published: July 04, 2008

Two thousand years ago, a man told some local leaders; “The truth will set you free.” Now, those who have been blessed with religious faith understand exactly what He was talking about;...