The Proportionality of War
As the stakes rise in the various conflicts around the world, not least in Russia, Ukraine and the Middle east, we should remind ourselves...
Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela
In this Jubilee year of hope, friends of mine, Pico and Ruth, are organizing a pilgrimage to Spain, to walk part of the final...
Three Saintly Guys
There are two saints commemorated on this June 12th named Guy, and I know not whether this was planned. Certainly, there are no coincidences...
Green Day, Ignatius and ‘Rigid’ Catholics
Welcome to the land of now-legal marijuana, for on this Wednesday, Canada, in her continuing cultural descent under Trudeau, becomes the second sovereign nation...
Pope Benedict, Silence and Cardinal Sarah
I just came across a brief commentary by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, on Robert Cardinal Sarah's new book, The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship...
The Squeezed Middle
There is a lot of talk of immigration of late, and far, far more to come, both of talk, and, more to the point,...
Momentous Midterm Elections
The United States votes today, November 8th, in the middle of the four-year presidential term - which this time, seems like an eternity in...
Of Hiroshima and Houston
I have an article published this morning in Crisis magazine on the evils of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, responding to an author...
Our Lady of Good Remedy
On this October 8th, we commemorate Our Lady of Good Remedy, fittingly the day after Our Lady of the Rosary (also called Our Lady...
