August 16, 2021

Published on August 16, 2021

The Taliban takes control of Afghanistan, Southern hospitals are overwhelmed, and other top stories for August 16th. 

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The Lesson of Afghanistan: Muslims Gonna Muslim, Whatever You Try to Do

August 15, 2021
I was in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. Friends of mine suffered PTSD for months from watching New Yorkers fall from the sky and splatter right in front of them. A holy and learned priest I know, Fr. George Rutler, was hearing confessions in Tower Two. Then he got called out to the street to administer Last Rites to a fireman. It preserved his life, as the Tower collapsed behind him instead of o

Afghanistan: America’s Fallen Heroes Deserved Better

August 16, 2021
Afghanistan has all but fallen to the Taliban.Recent events in the war-torn country - where brave American troops have been fighting and dying for almost 20 years - are devastating to Gold Star family members I’ve been in touch with over the past few days.“I just started crying while I was driving,” said Phyllis McGeath, who lost her son, U.S. Marine Cpl. Philip McGeath, nine years ago in Afghanis