Potty Mouth: A Reflection on ‘Swearing’
I have been asked to write about what is euphemistically, and rather incorrectly, known as 'swearing'. We have all perhaps heard our younger siblings...
Saint Benedict: Ora et Labora
Today is the feast of Saint Benedict (ca. 480-547), the father of Western monasticism and one of the main forces in preserving Western culture...
The Collapse of the Rule of Law
Another day, and more mayhem, with no end in sight. Five police officers assassinated, others wounded, by snipers at a Black Lives Matter protest,...
The All-Too Hidden Strength of the Catholic Church
We Catholics sell ourselves short. As individuals, often; that will vary from person to person. But more importantly, we underestimate ourselves as a Church,...
A Catholic Approach to the Papacy
On this solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, celebrating their respective life and martyrdom, it is beneficial to dwell a moment upon the papacy...
Supreme Court and Texan Abortion: What Next?
Another day, and more bad news. One becomes benumbed after a time, which is not a good thing. Would that I could write on...
Pilgrim Eagle: A Review of Charles A. Coulombe’s History Text Puritan’s Empire
“This above all: To thine own self be true.”
-William Shakespeare
Puritan’s Empire by Charles A. Coulombe is a unique tour-de-force of American history from a Catholic...
A Philosophical Brexit
Already the effects of the Brexit are rippling through the world: The British currency has taken a record nosedive, the stock market is tottering,...
Star Farce: A Study in How to Ruin a Franchise
I thought the Star Wars franchise, so successful and cinema-transforming in the late seventies and early eighties, was ruined by the three prequels in...
Conscience, Love and Law
There is much talk nowadays about conscience, freedom of conscience, good and bad conscience, yet with little awareness, from what I can tell, of...
