Trudeau’s Totalitarianism
A vote for Trudeau and his Liberals is a vote for totalitarianism, and a pernicious version at that.
Before we cast that ballot, dear reader,...
Dante’s Seven Centuries
Dante Alighieri died 700 years ago today, at the age of 56, on the evening of September 13th, 1321, fittingly the vigil of the...
9-11 at 20
It was twenty years ago today is the beginning of the Beatles' Sergeant Pepper, but a more sombre anniversary marks this day than teaching...
The False Propaganda of Gleiwitz’ Casus Belli
September 1st, 1939 marks the official beginning of World War II, with Germany’s invasion of Poland, which had an agreement with Britain, and which...
Crecy and the Changing Face of War
The protracted Hundred Years' War, (if the term protracted is not redundant) which was more like a series of dynastic wars mainly between French...
The Muddled Metaphysics of Darwin
(Today, August 20th, marks the anniversary of the publication Darwin's Origin of Species, in 1858, whose full title includes also "by Means of Natural...
Remembering Father Joseph Koterski, S.J.
Tributes are pouring in for Father Joseph Koterski, one of the loyal sons of Saint Ignatius, who loved the Society of Jesus to which...
Falls From Grace
First there were the twisties – not a wardrobe malfunction, but a loss of muscle memory in gymnasts, who ‘forget’ their routines, and where...
Saint Roch Against the Plague
August 16th, besides the public memorial of King Stephen of Hungary, is also the feast of a very popular mediaeval Saint, Roch of Montpellier,...
Why We Still Very Much Need the Traditional Latin Mass
In light of the tangled and controversial implications of the recent motu proprio Traditionis Custodes – the irony of which title still strikes me...