Few things threaten the integrity of one’s sense of human dignity than the times and seasons when we feel we are powerless. At these times, when we feel we are at the mercy of forces beyond our control, whether sickness…
The American Holiday of Thanksgiving was formalized as a national celebration in 1863, although it was largely celebrated throughout the country for quite sometime before. I have always found this extremely interesting, because this was done in the midst of…
Classical philosophical thought has always considered love to be a quasi-deterministic force. Love, both in the human world, and the natural world which contains it, is something which seems to apply its own energy to the will of all creatures.…
The most effective form of censorship, bar none, is self-censorship. When a critical mass of people have surrendered themselves and their convictions to the tyranny of silence, to the authoritarian gag, one of the first prerogatives of a free and…
No one would dare accuse Pope Francis of being shy and reserved. Once again, the Twitterverse exploded this week with another easily prevented, and unfortunate statement. Pope Francis, it seems, has endorsed ‘the bird.’ And while the identification of the…
Recently I received in my inbox an email with Bishop Robert Barron’s article Inclusivity and Love, which, especially after Cardinal McElroy’s insipid and vacuous rambling in America Magazine (which I do not have the stomach to link), is remarkable in…
The Church this time of year is filled with holy and earnest expectation. We hear, year after year, the sighs of the Bride, the Church, for the presence of the Bridegroom. The calls become louder and more extravagant as we…
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an unfortunately necessary resurgence of study of the use of disinformation campaigns on the part of governments and officialdom in general. One book that has particularly gained fresh attention is Dr. Timur Kuran’s Private…
Preparedness is the native stance of any organization which knows its ultimate purpose. Many famous persons and institutions are well known and regarded for their ability to tackle various challenges, in accord with rigorous training and discipline. To be truly…
Telling the truth about things always makes you liable to get into trouble with certain people. The famous Greek myth of Cassandra, like so much of the world of myth, presents the eternal paradox that the more genuine a prophet…