In Leviticus, God gives Israel a number of blessings and curses that describe the benefits and consequences of keeping (or failing to keep) the Sinai covenant. One of the “covenant curses” is curiously descriptive of the jittery culture of fear in which we now live: But if [they] will not hearken unto me, and will...
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June 1, 2008June 20, 2022Cultural Revolutions
My MSM Rules
When it comes to understanding the Mainstream Media (MSM), I have two simple rules. Rule One: Take off 50 IQ points whenever the MSM cover religion, and bump that up to about 100 points whenever the religion is Catholicism. Exhibit A: Some months back, Pope Benedict gave a homily during Ordinary Time restating basic Catholic...
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December 1, 2007June 20, 2022American Proscenium
Big Brother Versus Jihad
The very idea of a War on Terror is preposterous. (Everyone remembers the War on Aviation after Pearl Harbor, right?) It is so preposterous that our elites have had a difficult time figuring out how to name the enemy, which is illustrated perfectly by the pathologically p.c. final line of a short article from the...
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November 21, 2007June 20, 2022News
Materialist Dogmatism
We all know that religious believers are fools who will tell themselves anything to prop up their preconceived notions, while atheists are hard-headed rationalists who look the evidence in the face and follow the Truth no matter the cost. Still, one’s faith in this common narrative of the chattering classes is shaken from time to...
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November 1, 2007June 20, 2022Vital Signs
Materialist Dogmatism
We all know that religious believers are fools who will tell themselves anything to prop up their preconceived notions, while atheists are hard-headed rationalists who look the evidence in the face and follow the Truth no matter the cost. Still, one’s faith in this common narrative of the chattering classes is shaken from time to...
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November 1, 2007June 20, 2022News
Some Thoughts on Motu Proprio Mania
I am gratified that the long-awaited motu proprio from Pope Benedict, urging a wider celebration of the Tridentine Rite, is out. I’m happy for those, including my son, who love to worship in that way. More power to ’em. Some of the ...
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October 1, 2007June 20, 2022Vital Signs
Some Thoughts on Motu Proprio Mania
I am gratified that the long-awaited motu proprio from Pope Benedict, urging a wider celebration of the Tridentine Rite, is out. I’m happy for those, including my son, who love to worship in that way. More power to ’em. Some of the loveliest Catholics I know are devotees of the Tridentine Rite. That said, I was...