Build Me a Shrine! (Dec 20, 2024 15:25)
Do you know what it takes to build a shrine? It’s no simple task; a lot has to be done ...
“An Old Man’s Winter Night” (Dec 20, 2024 15:25)
All out of doors looked darkly in at him Through the thin frost, almost in separate sta...
Democracy Failed and Brought a Return of Hitler (Dec 20, 2024 12:11)
One thing to know about humans: they act for short-term benefits, and then blame someon...
What was the divine plan of giving Jesus a claim to be King of the Jews? (Dec 20, 2024 12:00)
Nothing new here, but I still can't perceive the shape of a good future (Dec 20, 2024 08:40)
Give a Timely Gift: Finding the Ideal Calendar (Dec 19, 2024 17:00)
My gift suggestion for an original Christmas gift for a loved one is a calendar. It can...
Crazy Love: Siobhan Nash-Marshall, In Memoriam (Dec 19, 2024 17:00)
A professional philosopher my friend Siobhan Nash-Marshall certainly was. But her own l...
On thinking the worst of people (Dec 19, 2024 14:57)
How the Downfall of Christianity Will Save Conservatism (Dec 19, 2024 11:32)
Conservatives like to talk about America as a “Christian country,” but this...
A Big Idea: Reorganizing the 50 States (Dec 18, 2024 18:30)
It’s morning again in America. Trump has reclaimed the presidency, and a popular vote m...
Waiting for Odysseus: The Tale of Argos (Dec 18, 2024 15:45)
As enticing as Odysseus’ adventures are, questions remain: what of Penelope, Telemachus...
Fucking: What a Fucking Problem! How Can Man Survive the “Monstrous Regiment” of Modern Fucking Women? (Dec 18, 2024 11:32)
by Arran Ryan, PhD The use of the technical term “fucking” in relation to the so-called...
Christian Seeker: Deal with individuals, stick with individuals (Dec 18, 2024 08:23)
On Gardens, Institutions, and the Universe (Dec 17, 2024 17:19)
The most effective way to show that God exists is to expose our false deep-seated illus...
Heaven Begins Here and Now: John Henry Newman (Dec 17, 2024 17:17)
What marks Newman’s preaching? A concern for the everyday life of holiness. We are made...
Mark Hollis’s Christianity: Either Real or Real (Dec 17, 2024 17:14)
I became a Catholic—after seven years of teenage atheism—because of the lyrics of the a...
Mark Hollis’ Christianity: Either Real or Real (Dec 17, 2024 17:14)
I became a Catholic—after seven years of teenage atheism—because of the lyrics of the a...
In some ways, I'm amazed that anyone ever converts to the theology of church Christianity (Dec 17, 2024 15:33)
Why the Left Won for So Long (Dec 17, 2024 11:32)
Although the Right turned things around with a landslide election, it should probably c...
A Belloc Revival (Dec 16, 2024 20:17)
As one who has admired Hilaire Belloc for almost half a century, it is gratifying indee...
“O Sapientia”: An Advent Antiphon (Dec 16, 2024 18:00)
The poem I have chosen for December 17th in my Advent Anthology from Canterbury Press W...
Why it was necessary that Only Frodo and Sam embarked on the quest to Mordor (Dec 16, 2024 12:49)
There is no excuse for smooth peanut butter (Dec 16, 2024 12:45)
Why Is Life on Earth Dying Out? (Dec 16, 2024 11:32)
Modern people create their own problems. They insist on egalitarianism, which engenders...
Christmas is coming! (Dec 16, 2024 05:00)
It is not too late to get that special gift! Several books to choose from! Shop today!...
December 16 – St. Adelaide: Most Important Woman of Her Century (Dec 16, 2024 04:55)
St. Adelaide (ADELHEID). Born 931; died 16 December, 999, one of the conspicuous charac...
December 16 – Afonzo de Albuquerque (Dec 16, 2024 04:50)
Albuquerque, Afonzo de (also Dalboquerque), surnamed “the Great”, b. in Portugal, in 14...
December 17 – St. Begga, Widow and Abbess (Dec 16, 2024 04:45)
This saint was daughter of Pepin of Landen, eldest sister to St. Gertrude of Nivelle, a...
December 17 – St. Sturmius and the diocese of Fulda (Dec 16, 2024 04:40)
To systematize the work of evangelizing Germany, St. Boniface organized a hierarchy on ...
December 18 – St. Flannan (Dec 16, 2024 04:35)
St. Flannan mac Toirrdelbaig, was the son of Turlough, the King of Thomond in Ireland. ...
In Society There Should be Princes and Vassals, Proprietors and Proletarians, Rich and Poor, Learned and Ignorant, Nobles and Plebeians (Dec 16, 2024 04:30)
In the motu proprio Fin dalla prima, of December 18, 1903, Saint Pius X summarizes the ...
Isabella the Liberator (Dec 16, 2024 04:25)
Queen Isabella of Castile and León—the sponsor of Christopher Columbus’s discovery of t...
Punk Rock and Those Notre Dame Vestments (Dec 15, 2024 21:55)
While one might respect the French traditions of haute couture and the artistic avant g...
World War II, Remembered Rightly (Dec 15, 2024 21:00)
Today, the degree of popular ignorance of World War II is astounding. Military buffs ap...
World War II: Our American “Aeneid” (Dec 15, 2024 21:00)
Today, the degree of popular ignorance of World War II is astounding. Military buffs ap...
Punk Rock and Those Notre Dame Vestments (Dec 15, 2024 20:55)
While one might respect the French traditions of haute couture and the artistic avant g...
The double-negative values problem - so Very tempting... (Dec 15, 2024 09:50)
Rorate Cæli Desuper (Dec 15, 2024 00:01)
As fall gives way to winter and the night grows gradually longer, we find ourselves in ...
The Birth of a Mystical Spirituality (Dec 14, 2024 19:22)
The first Christians practised a way of life they simply called ‘The Way’ in which they...
Rorate Cæli Desuper (Dec 14, 2024 18:00)
As fall gives way to winter and the night grows gradually longer, we find ourselves in ...
Feverish Binging and Longevity Very Seldom Combine (Dec 14, 2024 16:20)
“Now it is well known, that in everything the ancients calculated on a longer duration,...
Saturday morning music - A Chopin nocturne played by Valentina Lisitsa (Dec 14, 2024 10:24)
Locke's Secret Writing on Slavery: Brewer Versus Armitage on the "Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina" (Dec 14, 2024 00:08)
“Reproductive Rights” is an Odious Euphemism (Dec 13, 2024 15:16)
“Those things which it is indecent to express vividly are always such as are conceived ...
Houston Fixes Its Diversity Flooding Problem (Dec 13, 2024 14:57)
Major cities across America have the same problem that the West has generally: in order...
Is it OK to fight on the side of evil, when you believe it is good? (Dec 13, 2024 12:31)
Is there are permanent and complete cure for this mortal life on earth? (Dec 13, 2024 08:15)
My favourite Vivaldi Four Seasons - slow movement of Autumn (Dec 12, 2024 20:03)
Johann Herder’s Nationalist Doctrine and His Cautionary Tale of the Jews (Dec 12, 2024 17:13)
“They who were zealous for the laws of the land had voices, but not the arm of power.” ...
Modern Agricultural Miracle Collapses (Dec 12, 2024 11:32)
Modernity centers around a simple idea: if you can convince most people to do something...