Apocalypto 2020. Researchers in Mexico City discovered a macabre late 15th-century structure

“The bones likely belong to people sacrificed during the reign of Ahuízotl, eighth king of the Aztecs. The dead included men, women and children alike.* — l Courtesy of INAH. Smithsonian Magazine. “Archaeologists excavating a famed Aztec “tower of skulls” in Mexico City have uncovered a new section featuring 119 human skulls. The find brings the… Read More Apocalypto 2020. Researchers in Mexico City discovered a macabre late 15th-century structure

July 20, 2026July 21, 2026 SDHLeave a comment

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

May 23, 2026May 23, 2026 SDH

The Catholic Faith Is Not a Noble Lie

by Thomas Storck. What is needed is a real debate on religious questions providing a rational public apologetic for the faith. “For we were not following fictitious tales when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eyewitnesses of his grandeur.” – 2 Peter 1:16 The… Read More The Catholic Faith Is Not a Noble Lie

January 14, 2026January 14, 2026 SDH

A Chestertonian Adrift in an Ideological World

Confessions of an Apostate. By Christopher Derrick. | The New Oxford Review.November 1985. “The world has quite enough chemists, but it hasn’t got nearly enough good Catholic writers. You write well for your age: I want you to continue Chesterton’s work to the best of your ability.” –Christopher Derrick. I have a story to tell you,… Read More A Chestertonian Adrift in an Ideological World

December 22, 2025December 13, 2025 SDH

Thomas Storck on An Economics of Justice and Charity

“Catholic social doctrine is neither liberal nor conservative.” As Pope John Paul II put it, the Church’s social teaching “belongs to the field. . .of theology and particularly of moral theology”— Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, no. 41. “Most of us are raised and formed in a milieu in which we receive what we call either liberal… Read More Thomas Storck on An Economics of Justice and Charity

October 26, 2025October 26, 2025 SDH

The Blessings of Legal Immigration. Aspiring to Ownership.

The Curiosity of Family Ownership in the United States. By Phillip Campbell.The Distributist Review. In this essay we will consider an interesting social phenomenon in the United States whereby a very large number of small businesses across a variety of sectors are owned by first generation immigrants. If you do not know what I mean,… Read More The Blessings of Legal Immigration. Aspiring to Ownership.

October 31, 2024October 31, 2024 SDH

Small Is Still Beautiful

Economics as If Families Mattered. by Joseph Pearce. It is hardly an exaggeration to say that, with increasing affluence, economics has moved into the very centre of public concern, and economic performance, economic growth, economic expansion, and so forth have become the abiding interest, if not the obsession, of all modern societies. In the current… Read More Small Is Still Beautiful

May 26, 2024May 27, 2024 SDH

What Is Integralism?

Thomas Storck | New Oxford Review A specter is haunting the Catholic world — the specter of integralism. The most opposed groups — both Catholic conservatives and Catholic liberals, as well as some less informed Catholic traditionalists — unite in opposition to and even fear of it. But what, exactly, is integralism, and what can be… Read More What Is Integralism?

September 15, 2022October 25, 2025 SDH

What is Distributism? By Thomas Storck

Note: In The Outline of Sanity, making the case for Distributism, G.K. Chesterton argued, “They say it is Utopian; and they are right. They say it is idealistic; and they are right. They say it is quixotic; and they are right. It deserves every name that will indicate how completely they have driven justice out… Read More What is Distributism? By Thomas Storck

January 11, 2022October 25, 2025 SDHLeave a comment

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Apocalypto 2020. Researchers in Mexico City discovered a macabre late 15th-century structure

C.S. Lewis’ Critique of Scientific Knowledge by Thomas Storck

The Catholic Faith Is Not a Noble Lie

A Chestertonian Adrift in an Ideological World

The Blessings of Legal Immigration. Aspiring to Ownership.