The True Santa Claus
In these early days of Advent, we celebrate one of the most popular of saints, of whom we actually don't know all that much....
Live by Truth, or Die by Lies
We’re living in an era of obfuscation or, to frame the matter more bluntly, a veritable blizzard of lies, ones that are difficult to...
The End of the World As We Know It? Well, Not Yet –
A faithful reader mentioned that one or two of my columns have been a bit dire of late, but one must not wonder, for...
Escape from Seattle
The analogy to the 1981 John Carpenter film Escape from New York is a limited one, for Manhattan in the fictional account, turned into...
Moscati, Trump and the Melee
I must confess that I had no idea today was the feast of Saint Joseph Moscati (+1927) medical man and miracle worker, who signifies...
Remembering Those Who Came Before Us
(I wrote this upon visiting my grandparents' graves in Scotland two years ago, but seems a propos for this time as we especially remember...
Slovakia, Soccer Stars and the Great Reset
Could this happen in Canada? One wonders, with all those detention centres being constructed in remote locations, for reasons that are opaque, to which...
Terror in France, Then and Now
(It is difficult to believe that I wrote this piece five years ago, after a terrorist bomb attack in France at a soccer stadium,...
Courts, Cardinals and Constantine
Where does one even begin, as events outpace our capacity to absorb and assimilate them?
The U.S. Senate, by a rather slim majority (52 to...
Trump, Celebrating Down’s and Go Barrett
October, as I just learned, has been decreed Down's Syndrome Awareness Month, a worthy endeavour to celebrate the joyful, solid fact that every life...
