Rerum Novarum

On Rash Judgments: (A Lenten Reflection) We must proceed to rectify rash judgments, according to their cause. Some hearts there are so bi...

POST-SYNODAL APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION CHRISTUS VIVIT

Points to Ponder: With a cigar like in life, you got to have some length, and some girth. [D.L. Hughley]

Will It Stick? Examining the Hot Start of the Mariners Offense The Seattle Mariners did a complete fire sale in the off-season and were pre...

Points to Ponder: We should not have an 'open mind' because that means we grant plausibility to anything, however, we should have ...

Points to Ponder: It's an art to enjoy living. Cigars enable you to enjoy living. [C.G.B. Bernard]

On the Subject of Conscience and Sacramental Reception: (A Lenten Reflection) It helps in the Lenten season for folks to reflect more on ...

THE UNKNOWNS: The Untold Story of America’s Unknown Soldier And WWI’s Most Decorated Heroes Who Brought Him Home

Points to Ponder: There is no sin that God’s mercy cannot reach and wipe away when it finds a repentant heart seeking to be reconciled wit...

Mending Wall Something there is that doesn't love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in ...

Points to Ponder: A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth...

Points to Ponder: [O]nce you decide to respond to a conspiracy theory, you have a very basic problem: the people who believe in this theory...

Points to Ponder: A jealous ear hears all things, and the sound of grumbling does not go unheard. Beware then of useless grumbling, and ke...

On Certain  Pharisee Parallels Amongst the "More Faithful Than Thou" Crowd: (A Lenten Reflection) It helps in the Lenten season...

Revisiting the Controversial Dubia: (A Lenten Reflection) It helps in the Lenten season for folks to reflect more on themselves and thei...

If You Are Afraid of Public Speaking

Points to Ponder: In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move. [Henry Rollins]

In the ground. I put into it The winter’s accumulation of paper, Pages I do not want to read Again, useless words, fragments, errors. And I ...

Dachau: An Overview

History of the Plague