Massacres and the Evil One
How are we to respond to the recent massacres? The supermarket shooting just last week, and then the horrific killing of children as they sat in their classroom.... Read more.
Antichrist, Apocalypse and Abortion
Children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come; therefore we know that it is the last hour. So... Read more.
Wherefore Art Thou, Modesty?
(Anna Kalinowska over at OnePeterFive has an intriguing take on modesty and dress, placing the virtue of modesty as on the pinnacle of three pillars: of truth, of... Read more.
Bacon, Science and Vaccine Efficacy
The proof is in the pudding, as the saying has it, which means that a recipe is only as good as its finished product. Scrumptious, or not? Science too proceeds primarily... Read more.
A Few More Good (Gentle) Men
I was in the Niagara region for a wedding last weekend, and, cycling around, I came across this statue of George VI overlooking the falls. I liked the ring of ‘King... Read more.
Les Poètes Maudits and Their Bitter Fruits
One of the fastest growing ‘religious’ groups in the West are the ‘nones’, and I put that in scare quotes, since these are those who espouse... Read more.
Propaganda, Perspicacity and Peace
Propaganda and censorship have had a bad rap, pummeled in the twentieth century almost into swear words, but in their essence and etymology, there is nothing intrinsically... Read more.
The Pope, the TLM and the Novus Ordo: Who’s Really Following Vatican II?
The Holy Father just cannot let it go: In remarks made the other day on May 7th to liturgical scholars at the Pontifical Liturgical Institute of Sant’Anselmo –... Read more.
George Weigel’s Double Standard
George Weigel, papal biographer and social commentator, certainly has his fixed opinions, and I don’t mind that, even if I may at times disagree just as fixedly.... Read more.
Court Leaks and Standing for Life
Hssss…Is that escaping air, or the sound of a forked tongue? The leak of the draft of the Supreme Court’s potential upcoming majority decision on Roe v. Wade... Read more.