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Editor's Corner
The Astronomer and the Physicist
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The ancient Greeks – Plato and Aristotle, especially – made a distinction between two approaches to science. (And, by science, they meant anything that could be known by reason): The method of the astronomer...
Editor's Corner
A Catholic Family Day
I suppose it is requisite to wish everyone a happy Family Day, even though, as my own Dad said about 'Mother's Day', every day should be 'mother's day', and every day, in a way,...
Nota in Brevis
Might Dogs Be in Heaven?
I took my brother’s dog, Rocco, out for a glorious hike recently. He’s a golden retriever, raised in my brother’s home from his first days as a puppy, born just over two years ago...
Editor's Corner
Censoring Science
Two significant censorship stories:
Here in Canada, Member of Parliament Charlie Angus has put forward a bill, C-372, that would criminalize any speech claiming the benefit of 'fossil fuels', punishable by $1,000,000 and two years...
Editor's Corner
Why Can’t Canadians Be Bothered to Have Children?
Having children and raising them is a sacrificial act, or, rather, an unending series of sacrificial acts over many years. One must give of oneself, all of oneself, daily, hourly, minutely, to the new...
Editor's Corner
Christ, Consecration and Candlemas
A blessed feast of the Presentation to all our readers, which used to, and still may, be called Candlemas, a celebration of the light that is Christ, now revealed to the world; the Lumen...
Nota in Brevis
Canada’s Continued Descent into the Culture of Death
I had no idea this proposed legislation even existed, until now. Bill C-3 is in its third reading, and all it needs is royal assent from a pliant 'king' to become the law of...
Editor's Corner
Tattoo You?
(Here is a re-post of an article I wrote seven or so years ago now, and I'll keep harping until this unsightly practice is wiped from the face of the earth. And speaking of...
