Rerum Novarum

Points to Ponder: Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. [John Perr...

On Rash Judgments: (A Lenten Reflection -Part I) It helps in the Lenten season for folks to reflect more on themselves and their particul...

Briefly... With the next post being one of Lenten Reflections , I have decided to debut at that time a Lenten Reflection s seasonal subtag...

Miscellaneous Musings on Defining "Normalcy": This was posted to social media yesterday and reposted here except for some materi...

Points to Ponder: Obedience has a wet nurse, true humility, and the soul is as obedient as she is humble, and as humble as she is obedient...

On Clarifying and Retracting Some Prior Statements on the Magisterium: (From My Essays and Other Web Writings) I originally planned to w...

On the Liturgy: (A Lenten Reflection) What you get out of the liturgy is the privilege of glorifying almighty God. If you think it's ...

Though I published it in early January as an intended project linked to the detailed expository musing finally published on Ash Wednesday{1}...

Briefly... Delegate Count as of 10:55am 3/6/20: Biden: 637 Sanders: 559 Warren: 64 Bloomberg: 60 Buttigieg: 26 Klobuchar: 7 Gabbar...

Though I have done eight candidate updates so far in 2020, because of the  Super Tuesday results , this feature will be discontinued. It is...

Today would have been the 79th birthday of my father Richard Dunn McElhinney. If readers could offer some prayers for the eternal repose of ...

Super Tuesday Scorecard: States Won: Biden: VA, NC, AL, OK, AR, TN, MN, MA, TX Bernie: VT, CO, UT, CA ME: Too close to call Bloomb...

From the mountains to the sun, life has only just begun We wed this land and pledge our souls to meet its end Life has only just begun Here ...

Points to Ponder: One of my Fundamental Political Axioms is "Do not seek to establish a precedent that can come back later on and bit...

For the eighth time time in recent months, I will post an update on the Democratic presidential field which has expanded as well as contrac...

On the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, Obedience, and the Requirements of Faithful Catholics: (Musing of your humble servant at  Rerum ...

Points to Ponder: [I]t has been, over the past century and more, very difficult for Catholics to think clearly about the social order with...

Ancient Rome stunner: Sarcophagus dedicated to Romulus discovered

Briefly... As some folks have brought up the point in time where I was #NeverTrump, it serves to explain for those who have not been payi...

Why the Left is Losing