Integrity for Borders, and Borders for Integrity
A country without borders is no country at all. It is, rather - to paraphrase Metternich’s description of 19th century Italy - nothing more...
Apple Crushes Reality
Technology in itself is neither good nor bad, but some technology tends more to the bad or the good. There are some theoretically good...
Saint Leonard of Noblac – or Limoges
Not much is known about today's saint, who, by what accounts we have, died in 559 A.D. And those accounts date only from the...
Unto Ash Thou Shalt Return? The Church and Cremation
A friend of mine asked me about the Church’s teaching on cremation, and to fulfil that request, I thought a few words in this...
Whither True Wealth, Mr. Depp?
The Church has consistently advocated the proper distribution of wealth in society, ensuring that each one has 'enough' on which to live. Of course,...
The Two Divine Ladies
Today is the feast of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom, the patroness of our college here in Barry's Bay, as well as Our Lady...
Bourne Redundancy: The Mediocrity of Movies
Matt Damon has played his eponymous hero, Jason Bourne, since 2002's 'Bourne Identity', finishing the third of the films, the 'Bourne Ultimatum', in 2007....
Youthful Ambition Pays Big
So Mr. Oosterfhoff has won the by-election, becoming the youngest MP ever to win a seat in the provincial legislature. I wish him and...
Terrorism in France: The Enemy in their Midst
The massacre in Paris yesterday marks the beginning, we may presume, of other tragedies to come. Well over one hundred dead, hundreds more injured,...
Wynne’s Socialist Largesse
Alexis de Tocqueville is proved right once again, that the tyranny of the majority lies inherent in any democracy. Our erstwhile Premier, Kathleen Wynne,...
