“Never be entirely idle”. Avoiding sins.
“Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good.”— Thomas a Kempis, 15th century
Moral Issues Related to Covid Vaccines. Updated Opinion.
“Humanity has but three great enemies: fever, famine and war; of these by far the greatest, by far the most terrible, is fever.” —SIR WILLIAM OSLER, MD | Trent Horn of Catholic Answers and Fr. Matthew Schneider discuss vaccines historically, the newer mRNA technology, and the medical and moral issues involved in the use of… Read More Moral Issues Related to Covid Vaccines. Updated Opinion.
Time Out. Sinatra: “Elizabeth”
…Taylor.” Strange to place her here, but it’s a Time Out and it was the song which drew me in. “The song [see pg. bottom] is a hauntingly tender ballad from his 1970 concept album Watertown. The album itself is a departure from his usual style—it’s a narrative-driven piece (summary song). 🎶 About the Song:… Read More Time Out. Sinatra: “Elizabeth”
The “Lunacy of the Anti- Churchillians”
And a discussion about the friends and supporters of Antifa Victor Davis Hanson: In a recent and now widely seen Tucker Carlson interview, a guest named Darryl Cooper casually presented a surprising number of flawed theories about the Second World War. He focused his misstatements on the respective roles of Winston Churchill’s Britain and Adolf… Read More The “Lunacy of the Anti- Churchillians”
2020: The Summer We Lost Our Minds
From the true tragedy of the death of George Floyd to the rank hypocrisy of not a few elite White Liberals who exploited him, this edition of the Brendan O’Neill Show may be one of the most important listens you’ve had all year. By Brendan O’Neill Thomas Chatterton Williams – author of Summer of our… Read More 2020: The Summer We Lost Our Minds
Massive mural honoring NYC migrants unveiled at St. Patrick’s Cathedral
St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan has unveiled a 25-foot-tall mural honoring migrants to New York City. Housed in the entryway of the iconic New York church, the mural, “What’s So Funny About Peace, Love, and Understanding,” portrays the apparition of Mary, Joseph, and St. John the Evangelist to the Irish village of Knock as well… Read More Massive mural honoring NYC migrants unveiled at St. Patrick’s Cathedral
The collapse of Your Party is hilarious — Opinion
By Brendan O’Neill, Spiked Online “Normally a left-wing party has to exist before it can start splitting. Not Your Party. The Corbyn-Sultana loonfest has leapt right over the founding conference and manifesto-writing business and gone straight for the People’s Front of Judea routine. This fledgling gang of soy socialists that promised to save Britain from… Read More The collapse of Your Party is hilarious — Opinion
In the West today, there has been no stable law.
Many hope Donald Trump has brought new hope and that he can avoid both anarchy and tyranny. When John Adams wrote, “A republic is a government of laws, not arbitrary rule” he very likely could not even conceive of the constantly evolving laws we know too well today, laws that evolve substantially, essentially, from one… Read More In the West today, there has been no stable law.
Dr. Arthur Holmes Lectures. A History of Philosophy.
Put the news aside for a time. If unhappiness is growing consider it a reset signal to return to philosophy where all education and earthly wisdom began. …This is an excellent series, very informative and very fair to Catholic, Protestant and Enlightenment philosophies. Thales to Sartre and beyond. 81 comprehensive episodes. One can learn something… Read More Dr. Arthur Holmes Lectures. A History of Philosophy.
Was Mark Twain’s depiction of Israel in the 1800s accurate?
The Jerusalem Report By JACOB SIVAK Published: MARCH 10, 2022 15:54 The renowned American author and masterful satirist Samuel Clemens, also known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an abolitionist, a supporter of women’s rights and a supporter of Jewish emancipation. His attitude toward Jews is evident in his earliest book, The Innocents Abroad (1869). The book chronicles… Read More Was Mark Twain’s depiction of Israel in the 1800s accurate?
The Jews in Palestine. Robert Spencer.
“In 1140, with the Crusaders still ruling Jerusalem, the Spanish philosopher and poet Yehudah Halevi wrote in his Kuzari, or Book of Refutation and Proof in Support of the Despised Religion, that Jews could be closest to the God of Israel within Israel itself. He himself then set out for the land, only to be… Read More The Jews in Palestine. Robert Spencer.
Rod Dreher on the Totalitarians
Updated. “The threat of Totalitarianism isn’t over. It Isn’t even close to over”. Author Rod Dreher discusses his book and new Angel Studios documentary series, Live Not By Lies. What does it mean to refuse to live by lies? Dreher responds by drawing upon the warnings of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and the testimonies of other survivors… Read More Rod Dreher on the Totalitarians
The Mystery That Dwarfs
“For the scientist who has lived by faith in the power of his reason, the story ends like a bad dream” —Robert Jastrow, American NASA astronomer, physicist and cosmologist. “Around every circle another circle can be drawn, under every deep another deep opens” —Ralph Waldo Emerson “Someone said, “A little philosophy and science will take… Read More The Mystery That Dwarfs
Kirk’s Alleged Assassin Motive Revealed
The suspect in Charlie Kirk’s assassination became ‘more political’ in recent years and spoke about disliking the conservative activist’s ideas, officials said on Thursday. The suspect was named as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, from Washington, Utah. Robinson was turned into police overnight by his father and a minister in southern Utah after authorities shared images of the… Read More Kirk’s Alleged Assassin Motive Revealed
Cold War Spies: Whittaker Chambers v. Alger Hiss
Who were they? Why was Alger Hiss convicted as a perjurer? In this episode of America’s Untold Stories, we delve into the intriguing story of Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss and uncover the fascinating connection between these two individuals. Whittaker Chambers, a former Soviet spy turned anti-communist, and Alger Hiss, a prominent American government official,… Read More Cold War Spies: Whittaker Chambers v. Alger Hiss
Outrageous
Charlie Kirk, the founder of the conservative youth activist organization Turning Point USA, has died after he was shot during an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, President Donald Trump said. “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead,” Trump said on social media. “No one understood or had the Heart of the… Read More Outrageous
Historian Niall Ferguson on Where Trump Stands Today
9/9/25. In addition to marking out today’s geopolitical dangers, Ferguson in this Charlie Rose interview also explains why he does not believe January 6 was a coup, and also why he converted from atheism to Christianity. Sir Niall Ferguson, born in Glasgow, Scotland, combined his education in history, politics, and economics at Oxford with his… Read More Historian Niall Ferguson on Where Trump Stands Today
Pope Leo XIV accepts LGBTQ inclusion in Catholic Church. “All Are Welcome.’
“We ben ydiotes, myne swete, ’tis a queynte wondir we may ete oure mete.” — Bob Dylan / SH By Mike Heuer. UPI. Mon, September 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM EDT. Sept. 1 (UPI) — Pope Leo XIV confirmed his intent to include LGBTQ parishioners within the Catholic Church ahead of their planned Holy Year pilgrimage… Read More Pope Leo XIV accepts LGBTQ inclusion in Catholic Church. “All Are Welcome.’
Traditional Prayer at the Consecration
Hail, Victim of salvation! Eternal King! Incarnate Word, sacrificed for me and all mankind! Hail, precious Body of the Son of God! Hail, sacred flesh, torn with nails, pierced with a lance, and bleeding on a cross, for us poor sinners! O amazing goodness O infinite love! Oh! let that tender love plead now in… Read More Traditional Prayer at the Consecration
C.S. Lewis’ Critique of Scientific Knowledge by Thomas Storck
C. S. Lewis’ witty and insightful criticisms of scientism, of the notion that the scientific enterprise alone can discover truth, that it can take the place of religious authority, of philosophical insight, and in fact of the whole tradition of humane wisdom, is well known.1 What has been less noted is the critique which he… Read More C.S. Lewis’ Critique of Scientific Knowledge by Thomas Storck
Time Out. Sinatra. You Should Have Told Me Long Ago…
Goodbye, What’s Now Is Now and The Train are all excerpts from Sinatra’s concept ( i.e., single narrative) album ‘Watertown’ (1970). It charts the story of a middle-aged man in Watertown, New York, whose wife has left him with his children.” Watertown” was produced and co-written by Bob Gaudio, one of four members of the… Read More Time Out. Sinatra. You Should Have Told Me Long Ago…
The Beat Generation… cultural catastrophe. By Roger Kimball
“We’ll get you through your children.” —Allen Ginsberg, 1958 The core of the heresy of the Free Spirit lay in the adept’s attitude towards himself: he believed that he had attained a perfection so absolute that he was incapable of sin. Disclaiming book-learning and theological subtleties, they rejoiced in direct knowledge of God- indeed, they… Read More The Beat Generation… cultural catastrophe. By Roger Kimball
“Straying, as through infinite nothingness”: The Collapse of Nietzsche
“God is dead but given the way of men there may be caves for thousands of years in which his shadow will be shown. And we will have to vanquish his shadow, too.” — Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science, # 109 At the very dawn of the 20th century, on 25 August in the year… Read More “Straying, as through infinite nothingness”: The Collapse of Nietzsche
90% Lurkers on Social Media
“Frequent Visits Without Engagement: Your audience is likely part of X’s “lurker” demographic—i.e., users who consume content but rarely interact. Studies suggest that 90% of social media users are lurkers, 9% engage occasionally, and only 1% are heavy contributors (often called the 90-9-1 rule). Your frequent visitors fall into this 90%, consuming your content without… Read More 90% Lurkers on Social Media
‘Don’t be evil’: How Google evolved from ‘cuddly’ startup to antitrust target
ByMichael LiedtkeSydney Morning HeraldOctober 21, 2020 In Google’s infancy, co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin reviled Microsoft as a technological bully that ruthlessly abused its dominance of the personal computer software market to choke off competition that could spawn better products. Their disdain for Microsoft spurred Google to adopt “Don’t be evil” as a corporate… Read More ‘Don’t be evil’: How Google evolved from ‘cuddly’ startup to antitrust target
Judith Butler, Feminist. A Brush of Her (or Its) Thought.
Updated. Succinctly put, Judith Butler is a mess. You may not know her, but your daughter very likely will —or did. We can forget all about Butler’s sophist philosophical rationalizations. They are a mishmash of true and false. None lead necessarily to her systematic conclusions. Judith Butler has, by her own intentional will, become a… Read More Judith Butler, Feminist. A Brush of Her (or Its) Thought.
Composers of a New Stairway
From the early 1970s to the early 1990s, Jimmy Page of Led Zeplin owned Boleskine House (See below) the former residence of occultist Aleister Crowley.[150][151] below. Sections of Page’s fantasy sequence in the film The Song Remains the Same were filmed at night on the mountainside directly behind Boleskine House.—Wikipedia Heart performs Stairway to Heaven at the Kennedy Center Honors for Led… Read More Composers of a New Stairway
Children killed and 17 people injured in shooting at Minneapolis Catholic school Mass
The alleged Minnesota Catholic school shooter has been identified as Robin Westman, reportedly identified as a transgender activist. His manifesto included pride flags and a gun with “kiII Trump” etched onto it. –X. WAPO –The Shooter was ID’d after 2 children were killed, and 17 people injured at Minneapolis Catholic school Mass. Shooting site photo.… Read More Children killed and 17 people injured in shooting at Minneapolis Catholic school Mass
JFK & the Ladies… Maureen Callahan Goes over the Edge.
Note: never-ending media and bookseller hatred for JFK is just what the warmongering Deep State wants. The Ubiquitous media is influential after all. The objective has always been to murder even the memory of this President who so opposed that same Deep State and its dangerous amoral ways. –SH One of the most respected researchers and… Read More JFK & the Ladies… Maureen Callahan Goes over the Edge.
Sunrise miracle, Daily
Updated with his full masterpiece: For the Bride below. John Michael Talbot (born May 8, 1954) is an American Catholic musician, author, television presenter and founder of a Third Order monastic community known as the Brothers and Sisters of Charity. Talbot was born into a Methodist family with a musical background in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and started learning to play the guitar… Read More Sunrise miracle, Daily
The Parable of the Onion by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
“Once upon a time there was a peasant woman and a very wicked woman she was. And she died and did not leave a single good deed behind. The devils caught her and plunged her into the lake of fire. So her guardian angel stood and wondered what good deed of hers he could remember… Read More The Parable of the Onion by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Religious Whisperers. The Sin of Detraction. “Triple Murder.”
Malicious gossip and hatred delights in the troubles of another. It is often manifest, sometimes very subtly, by the sins of whispering and detraction. The apostle John warns: “He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkness.”— 1 Jn. 2:9 We Christians— no matter how nice, proper or… Read More Religious Whisperers. The Sin of Detraction. “Triple Murder.”
Engineering A World’s ‘Own’ Children.
Ross Douthat: Is it ethical to use an algorithm to select your embryos? Enter Orchid, a company that promises parents the ability to protect their future children through the genetic testing of embryos before pregnancy. The founder, Noor Siddiqui, and Ross debate the scientific, moral and ethical implications of designing a “healthy” child and what… Read More Engineering A World’s ‘Own’ Children.
G. K. Chesterton and The Eternal Thank You
In a biography of G.K. Chesterton published in 1943, Maisie Ward tells of this remarkable trait of the great convert and Catholic apologist: “(He) liked everybody very much, and everything very much. He liked even the things most of us dislike. He liked to get wet. He liked to be tired. After…[a particular period of]… Read More G. K. Chesterton and The Eternal Thank You
Iraq’s Secret Sex Trade
“This powerful investigation into Shia clerics in some of Iraq’s holiest shrines uncovers a dark network of exploitation of young women and girls, trapped into prostitution and pimped out by a religious elite. Unprecedented undercover filming and victim testimony reveal how they procure young women for male clients and are prepared to conduct ‘pleasure marriages’… Read More Iraq’s Secret Sex Trade
Sam Harris, Rory Stewart and Islam
Islam & Freedom Sam Harris and Rory Stewart debate whether Islam poses a unique threat to open societies. Rory Stewart is a leading thinker on international affairs and development currently serving as Special Advisor to GiveDirectly, which delivers cash directly to the world’s poorest households. Stewart was a member of the British Parliament for almost… Read More Sam Harris, Rory Stewart and Islam
Where Do Babies Come From?
By Mitch Teemly. Old Myth: When a lady wants to be a mommy, a stork magically appears overhead with a baby in its beak and drops it into the lady’s house! But if the lady doesn’t want it–poof!–the stork takes it away! New Myth: When a lady wants to be a mommy, a lump of… Read More Where Do Babies Come From?
Karl Rahner* on the Word “God”
“The word “God” exists. Thus we return to the beginning, to the simple fact that in the universe of words with which we build our world and without which even the so-called facts do not exist for us, the word “God”, too, occurs. Even for the atheists, even for those who say: God is dead,… Read More Karl Rahner* on the Word “God”
Socialism, Communism, Nihilism: Encyclical Letter. Leo XIII. 1878.
Pope Leo XIII Apostolici Muneris, December 28, 1878. As the nature of Our Apostolic office required of Us, We have not omitted, from the very outset of Our Pontificate, addressing you, Venerable Brothers, in Encyclical Letters, in order to advert to the deadly plague which is tainting society to its very core and bringing it… Read More Socialism, Communism, Nihilism: Encyclical Letter. Leo XIII. 1878.
Gotta love the smell of a Trump peace gathering in the morning
Updated. President Donald Trump said Monday there is a “reasonable chance of ending the war” if White House talks with Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders pave the way for a trilateral meeting with Vladimir Putin. Key Details: Diving Deeper: President Donald Trump expressed cautious optimism on Monday that a long-awaited breakthrough in Ukraine could be… Read More Gotta love the smell of a Trump peace gathering in the morning
Catholic Critique 