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...
Saints Fabian and Sebastian: Doing the Holy and Perfect Will of God
Pope Fabian (+250) was put to death on this day in the persecution of Emperor Decius, for refusing to offer idolatrous sacrifice, and this...
Oh, Canada, Philosophy, Law and Global Warming
Well, another âCanada Dayâ has come and gone, celebrating the founding of this Dominion in 1867, which achieved further âliberationâ, if one wants to...
9 11 and Historical Memory
It is difficult to believe that it was a full eighteen years ago I first heard of the attack â initially reported as a...
A Mother’s Indissoluble Love
A Blessed Sixth Sunday of Easter to all our readers, which also happens to be the secular commemoration of Mothers' Day, which became widespread...
Canadian errant
David Warren, former editor of the Idler and columnist for the Ottawa Citizen, now writes an âanti-blogâ entitled Essays in Idleness at davidwarrenonline.com. He was born...
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,...
Hamburg, Hiroshima and Hamas: Innocents in War and the Dignity of Human Life
On October 11, 1649, the troops of Oliver Cromwell, who was then 'Lord Protector of England', stormed the besieged village of Wexford, Ireland. The...
A Happy Independence Day in the Not-So-United States
A joyous Independence Day to all our American readers, one that may be more muted than days of yore in the land of our...
