Just Do It
On this day in 1977, after a ten year hiatus, capital punishment resumed again in the United States, with the execution by firing squad...
Cardinal Pell’s Last Words
I don't know the final, final words of Cardinal George Pell as he lay in his hospital bed, but here is the last article...
Searching and Confessing: Augustine of Hippo’s Quench for Wisdom and Truth
Here in Malta, on January 13th, there will be the launching of a book about Saint Augustine of Hippo named: Searching and Confessing. Augustine...
The Algorithm of the Antichrist
What form will the antichrist take? Our Catholic tradition holds that he will be man, filled with evil, under a hypocritical façade of goodness,...
Pledging Allegiance
As the aphorism goes, pictures speak a thousand words, as we witness societal devolution over the span of a few decades. School have become...
Cardinal Pell, Rest in Peace
George Cardinal Pell died yesterday, suffering a heart attack after what seemed to be routine hip surgery. Requiescat in pace. He was 81, and...
Some Thoughts From Benedict on the Baptism of the Lord
Pope Benedict XVI’s pontificate was principally marked by his extraordinary gift of teaching. His homilies can be easily seen as catechetical, much on the...
Servile Security State
I agree with the good Doctor's diagnosis, but would demur with his prognosis. The rise of a totalitarian regime, based on our biometric data...
Poisoned Love
There is much that might be said concerning this revelatory tweet - the cult-like mode of the response to covid, for one. This is...
Cruising the Burj Khalifa
On this January 4th in 2010, the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, topping out at 2,722 ft (just over half a...
