Rerum Novarum

Briefly on So-Called "Gay Marriage": The material below was revised slightly from material written by yours truly on April 21, 200...

Miscellaneous Musings: To touch briefly on a few subjects... --I must admit I am surprised and very pleasantly so that the Seattle Marin...

Points to Ponder: (On the Principle of Truth) I'm more interested in truth than in being proved right or wrong. We all benefit by learni...

"Illustrating Absurdity By Being Absurd" Dept. This was originally going to be posted in substantially the same form back in June ...

Points to Ponder: Constitutions of civil government are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies, but upon a combination o...

Dialogue...is a recognized method of the apostolate. It is a way of making spiritual contact. It should however have the following character...

In Defense of Tax Havens What is really sad is that a defense of tax havens is even necessary but the state to which people unfamiliar with ...

Gov. Perry Backs Resolution Affirming Texas’ Sovereignty Under 10th Amendment While I would argue that his interpretation of the constitutio...

Points to Ponder: (On the Common Good) It should be the highest ambition of every American to extend his views beyond himself, and to bear i...

Responding to Various Statements About President Barack Hussein Obama: This stuff was written between 7:47 and 7:50am Saturday morning in an...

Points to Ponder: Perhaps the scariest aspect of our times is how many people think in talking points, rather than in terms of real world co...

When an idea, whether real or not, is of a nature to arrest and possess the mind, it may be said to have life, that is, to live in the mind ...

On Irenic Dialogue, When It Will Not Be Undertaken, and When We Will Get Nasty To Certain Emailers of a Disgustingly Unethical Nature: (Musi...

On Political "Front Runners" Historically, Sarah Palin's Prospects in 2012, Etc. (Musings of your humble servant at Rerum Nova...

And for a haiku based on a variation of Albert King's Matchbox Blues -itself borrowing heavily from the work of Blind Lemon Jefferson.....

Points to Ponder: There is a rank due to the United States, among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation...

On the Passing of Ron Silver and on Suffering for Truth: (Musings of your humble servant at Rerum Novarum ) "[W]hat courage traditional...

First thing I remember was askin' papa, why? , For there were many things I didn't know. And daddy always smiled; took me by the han...

gold laden presence preferred alternative to bin laden presence [Written on 2/25/08]

"War On Terror" Rebranded As "Overseas Contingency Operations" (Telegraph/UK) Though it is not something I have spoken o...