Tuesday, April 22, 2025

On Fiscal Restraint and Pope John Paul II

A blessed and joyous Easter to all our readers! Christus surrexit vere, alleluia! I will have an article soon on the resurrection, but first,...

On Hell, Debts and Incorruptibility

A blessed and joyful Holy Saturday to all our readers, a day in which all the world is ‘at rest’, with Christ, our God,...

Of Trillions and Youth Summits

Another milestone for progressive Canada: We will soon hit the trillion dollar debt mark, not quite up to the 20 trillion south of the...

Doing One’s Duty, and the Bomb

From the files of police who do their duty, unlike the police in the recent Florida massacre, who did less than their duty, the...

Lettergate and the Limits of Prediction

The controversy over 'Lettergate' is an indicative one, wherein the Vatican Secretariat for Communication, Msgr. Dario Vigano (who has since been demoted, sort of,...

Of Coercion and Suffering

Paula Adamick has a piece on coercion by the State, very a propos, for the power and intrusion of the government is waxing stronger...

Of Hawking, the Ides and the Demise of the Canadian Family

I am still pondering the providential serendipity of Stephen Hawking’s death yesterday, the math whiz going to meet His God on pi day.  A...

Passions, Ford and Ireland’s Referendum

Adam Child’s playful take on women’s dressing, or dressing down, provides a humorous side to the debate on modesty, which does play in some...

The Passio of Perpetua and Felicity

It would be remiss of me not to mention today also as the memorial of Saints Perpetua and Felicity, the account of whose martyrdom...

Dumbing Down the Voting Age

I have an article published this morning in Crisis, on the necessity of reappropriating and reinstantiating beautiful liturgical music, which the Church describes as...