The Indianapolis and the Jaws of Death
In the early morning hours of July 30th, 1945 â fifteen minutes after midnight, to be precise - in the last days of the...
Constance and the Vatican
The historian Roberto Mattei penned an article recently for LifeSiteNews, in which he argues that if sections of the ecumenical Council of Constance (1414-15)...
Banting and Best’s Better Choice
Before we leave this July 27th in the rearview mirror, a brief note to commemorate the discovery of insulin on this day in 1921...
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 Charbel and the Catholic ‘Mosque’
The Muslims know how to pick their days. But, then, so does God. As mentioned a few days ago, for the first time in...
Ideas Do Have Consequences
On this day, in 1925, a young German veteran, bitter in soul from the humiliating defeat of his nation in the recent war âto...
To Mask or Not to Mask? That is the Question
One of the primary tasks of a free citizenry is to resist encroaching tyranny â even of the âsoftâ variety - for once weâve...
Calendars, Missions and Holy Wisdom
While we commemorate Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a few other anniversaries on this historically significant day, which are all sort of providentially linked...
The Precipitous Prelate and the Prudential Pope
Newtonâs Third Law has many applications, as does Hegelâs dialectic of thesis-antithesis-synthesis, in that eternal struggle of the World Spirit â even in the...
Saint Henry, King and Emperor
Today we remember Saint Henry, Emperor of the Romans and King of the Italians, the last of the 'Ottonian' line - deriving from the...
