Elon’s Efficiency, Algocracy and God’s Munificence
Efficiency is not in itself a virtue. It may sometimes help towards virtue, but in much of life, it is not efficiency that is...
This and That
Hilaire Belloc was born on this day, July 27th, 1870, 150 years ago, making this his sesquicentennial birthday, which we hope is a bit...
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
The saint today is one of the patrons of Hungary, Elizabeth (+1320), the niece of Saint Hedwig of Silesia, (+1243) whom we celebrated in...
Separez Vous
Besides being the joyful feast of Saint Nicholas, the sixth of December is also the sombre anniversary of the Ecole Polytechnique massacre in 1989,...
The Pope of the Vulgate
Today we celebrate Pope Damasus, who in his office in the Chair of Peter from 366 to 384, greatly influenced the history of the...
Pope John the Martyr, and Pope John Paul’s 101st Birthday
On this May 18th we celebrate the first Pontiff with the name of John, the beloved disciple - and it was his birth name....
Mother Teresa’s Spiritual Pilgrimage to the Poorest of the Poor
Students have now flocked to university, where they will be subjected to four years of indoctrination in various aspects of modernism, for want of...
The Echo of Glencoe
On the way to the Highlands, about thirty or so miles north of Dumbarton, one passes through a valley of sombre beauty and history,...
Idle, No More, Please
Eric Idle, of Monty Python comedy troupe fame, has recently tweeted that 'climate change deniers' (one of the few groups remaining, in this Disney-esque...
Mandating Masking Madness, and Vaccines While We’re At It
Mask Mania, militaristically mandated, continues, almost unabated, the talisman of the age, the sign of do-gooder-ism - no, not a pro-life t-shirt, or even...
