Scandals There will Be, but Have Peace…
Paula Adamick has a take on a powerful new book by Jennifer Roback Morse, 'The Sexual State', outlining the government's role in aiding, abetting...
The Faceless Niqab
The recent ban in the province of Quebec on the niqab, the Islamic face-covering, when receiving 'public services' (reserved, of course, only for females)...
Necessary Magic
Several years ago, when I was working on a community theatre project, I overheard two little girls having a conversation about wishes. They were...
The Adventure of Letting Go
Five years ago, in the middle of a pretty rough semester at university, during which I had struggled with some health issues and some...
Pope Francis on Liturgy
If you have a few moments, read and ponder the Holy Father's recent address on matters liturgical. Nothing absolutely new, but the trend of...
The True Myth: Easter as the Greatest Story Ever Told
Human beings have always been story-tellers. Since the earliest days, we have striven to express our new-found ability to understand reality and interact more...
My Fist Pumping Pope
I know everyone’s doing it, but I need to talk about the Pope. I don’t want to talk about conspiracy theories. I don’t want...
Real Black Holes and Fantasy Budgets
We now have our first actual photographic image of a black hole, those theoretical entities first posited in a rudimentary way by John Michell...
Crucifixion
Our March artist, Michael D. O’Brien, was born in Ottawa in 1948 and is internationally renowned as the author of twenty books, notably the novel...














