Robert Bork on Slouching towards Gomorrah
Robert Heron Bork (1927 –2012) was a judge and law professor who was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to the Supreme Court in 1987....
The State as Corrupting
“Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.” ― Leo Tolstoy
If you peruse the Showbiz section of any...
Mulling over Merton
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a Trappist monk, theologian, poet, mystic, and the author of more than seventy books. Having lost both parents by the...
T.S. Eliot on Society and Religion
Thomas Sterns Eliot (1888-1965) was born in St. Louis, Missouri and migrated to England at the age of 25. As did the American novelist...
Oh, Cannabis!
On October 17, Canada will begin a new era of decadence. From that day on, cannabis – aka marijuana and pot – will be...
Hollywood Potential: Why Catholics Should Watch Movies
In my high school years, I became very active on a small, obscure social media website by the name of Tumblr.
For anyone who might...
The Catholic Roots of Modern Science
A strange myth has evolved through recent centuries alleging that the Catholic Church was forever the enemy of science, and that it set out...
The Loneliness of the Whistleblower
When Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was crusading against the Vladimir Putin government by investigating one crime after another, she had imagined the damning headlines...
Becoming a Catholic Pastor, Post -“Pennsylvania”
It’s a real mess, and I assume that it’s going to get messier. In the past few days I have had many discussions, read...
Reflections on Rome
I post this final report, for now, on my recent pilgrimage, and my final destination, the eternal city to which all roads lead, Roma. These...