One sometimes wonders how far-reaching St. Paul’s comment to the Ephesians was intended to be, to wit: “But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not so much as be named among you, as becometh saints” (Eph. 5:3). Evidently, … Continue reading
Category: Culture Wars
Louis Blanqui and the Leninist Concept of ‘Enlightened Terror’
On 4 June 1960, one month before I was to enter the United States Military Academy as a seventeen-year-old New Cadet, an article was published that was later to illuminate much reality for me as a military officer—especially about the … Continue reading
‘Religious Liberty’ and Conflicting Rights Claims
Rereading the excellent post on Rorate Caeli, “Religious Liberty or Liberty for Christians?,” led me to some broader considerations on the subject of religious liberty. Roberto de Mattei, the author of the piece, expresses what is no doubt a controversial, … Continue reading
Tears of the Hitman-in-Chief
Nat Hentoff penned a hard-hitting op-ed piece on the patent hypocrisy of President Obama’s tears for the Sandy Hook victims. Pro-lifers will see the point right away, since the same man who shed those tears is the most viciously pro-abortion … Continue reading
What Have We to Offer?
A month ago this website posted some lines by me in which I lamented that the state of formerly Christian society was fallen so low that probably no more than a half-dozen Americans cared that the Christian interest would not … Continue reading
A Slaughter of Innocents in Advent
As we prepare for Christmas, we still have on our minds the heinous slaughter of kindergarteners last Friday in Connecticut. This morning, at our IHM Chapel, Father Phillipson offered the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for the victims. Some pious … Continue reading
Notre Dame U’s Apostasy Continues
From the ND Newswire: After a five-month review process, University of Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., has accepted recommendations from the Office of Student Affairs to expand and enhance the support of and services for students who … Continue reading
Report from the Twilight Zone
The National Catholic Reporter has endorsed Women’s Ordination. In other news, water is wet.
The Sin of Sodom Was…
…something other than sodomy, according to the latest is homoerotic scriptural exegesis. In fact, it was a failure to show hospitality. Not, so, says Monsignor Pope. Late last week on the blog the I made mention of the sins that … Continue reading
‘Snobs, Bigots, and Half-Educated Secularists Like Friedman’
[Joe Doyle copied us on an email he sent to a friend in response to Tom Friedman’s column, Why I Am Pro-Life in the New York Times. It was not written for publication, but Joe graciously agreed to allow to … Continue reading
For Sobran Lovers (I’m One)
There are still persons who will open a book and read instead of watching whatever’s on television or fiddling with an iPhone when they have leisure and whether or not the time is planned. (When they are truly devoted readers, … Continue reading
Attention Minnesotans: Vote YES on November 6th
Richard Aleman, the Outreach Coordinator for the Minnesota Catholic Conference on the Marriage Amendment, has authored a piece called “Understanding the Marriage Amendment.” If you are undecided on the issue or want some arguments to convince others, it would be … Continue reading
NH ‘Transgendered’ Third Grader
So, if a man medically mutilates himself and calls himself a woman, he can use the ladies’ room? Ditto for a boy? Even a THIRD GRADER? And the other children and parents have to pretend he’s now a girl? How … Continue reading
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Afflicts 1 in 5 Lady Vets
In a news item on the opening of Hampton VA Women’s Clinic in Virginia, we read the following: The growing need is staggering; one out of every five female vets from Iraq or Afghanistan are [sic: s/b “is”] diagnosed with … Continue reading
‘Gay Marriage’… Why Not Incest?
HOLLYWOOD, September 11, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Defenders of marriage have long said if the institution is redefined beyond one man and one woman, there is no clear end to the new combinations that could be considered “marriage.” A growing body … Continue reading