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 Hawkingâs death yesterday, the math whiz going to meet His God on pi day. A...
Passions, Ford and Ireland’s Referendum
Adam Childâs playful take on womenâs 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...
Insidious Socialism
Pius XI taught that Socialism, along with its theoretical end-point, Communism, are intrinsically evil, entailing various fundamental violations of fundamental human rights, not least...
Mysteries, Missiles and Modern Morality
What happened in the school shooting at Stoneman High School gets even odder: It now seems a senior officer on scene ordered all the...
Of Conservatism, Ideology and Cowardice
So Patrick Brown has dropped out, one might say âagainâ, but the first resignation was from actually holding the leadership of the Conservative Party,...
Arroyo’s Interdict and Cupichean Conscience
Jesuit Father Anthony Spadaro, the controversial advisor to Pope Francis, has re-tweeted (how I dislike that verb, just in passing) a call by Anthony...
Jacinta’s Modest Proposal, Olympic Gold and Har Meggido
I just discovered this morning, after my reflections on Olympic modesty, that today is the memorial of Blessed Jacinta Marto, one of the Fatima...
