Everyone should read this forthright interview with Professor Jordan Peterson. It is fascinating in its clear and quite damning analysis of the modern university, which he claims is ‘quite lost’. I in the main agree, although might nuance things a bit (there are signs of hope at Saint Michael’s college, for example). But, as I[…]
Nota in Brevis
Of Severed Heads, Pronoun Wars and Canaries
An Italian neurosurgeon, Sergio Canavero, is planning to head up the first human body-head transplant, taking the head from a man, Valery Spiridonov, who is suffering from spinal muscular atrophy which confines him to a wheelchair, and putting it on the body of a ‘brain dead’ victim, I mean, donor. There are so many issues[…]
Please do feel free to join the parish of the Immaculate Conception as they celebrate the Holy Eucharist with Schubert’s Mass in G Tomorrow, Sunday, November 13, 2016 at 11:00 am. Immaculate Conception Parish 1710 Scugog St., Port Perry The 30-member schola of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy in Barry’s Bay will join the[…]
Deacon Jean-Nil Chabot, Ph. D, responds to my most recent editorial: Generally speaking I would not differ from what you wrote, but I will express my opinion (no, I say, the truth!) regarding moving Canada’s debt to the trillion dollar Rubicon. The truth is, there is no real debt. The real wealth was no produced by those who[…]
A blessed All Souls to all. Over the next eight days, you may gain a plenary indulgence for visiting a cemetery and praying for the dead, with the usual conditions. All the faithful departed, requiescant in pace.
Happiness, Culture, Virtue: The Case for Catholic Education by Dr. Ryan Topping 3 – 4:30 pm Sun October 30th Maryvale Academy 2191 Benjamin Ave, Ottawa Free-will offering A native of Saskatoon, Dr. Topping earned an MA in Philosophy from the University of Manitoba and an M.Phil. and Doctorate in Theology from[…]
Kaine, Trump and Clinton, Oh My
I have an article posted this morning on Crisis magazine, on How Catholic is Kaine, Hillary Clinton’s Vice-Presidential running mate. Feel free to peruse. I should have added the irony that Donald Trump’s running mate, Mike Pence, a former Catholic, and now apparently a Protestant, describes himself publicly as ‘100% pro-life’. The scandalous irony is[…]
It’s a S.T.E.M. World, Baby
A recent article, sponsored by none other than the Royal Bank of Canada, had a list of the top ten ‘most valuable’ university degrees ranked, as is the wont of a bank I suppose, by how much you could make upon graduation. Happiness, fulfilment, joy, the breadth and length of knowledge, all be damned, just[…]
Lepanto, Language and Hurricanes
Today, the feast of the Most Holy Rosary, marks the 444th anniversary of one of the most decisive battles not only in naval history, but in all of history, and I refer of course to the Battle of Lepanto, fought by a Christian fleet, led by Don Juan of Austria, son of the Emperor Charles[…]
Clarifying Thoughts on the Olympic Ideal
I suppose I am in the Olympic mood, but a couple of further thoughts on sports and athletics, which are on most people’s minds, not least in Canada, which won a gold medal yesterday in high jump, when Derek Drouin leapt over 2.38 metres, or just a tad over 7.8 feet. Impressive, if my anti-Olympic[…]