A well-known book among novelists is The Seven Basic Plots by Christopher Booker. Booker argues that virtually all stories ever told fall into just seven
In a recent article, Austin Ruse details his conversation with X’s A.I. assistant, Grok, and tells of his surprise and delight at finding Grok open
Trust neither the cognitions of the theologian who holds mysticism in disdain, nor the intuits of the mystic who has no time for theology. The
“I don’t like any of the candidates. I’m going to say pass on this next election. I don’t want to be associated with any of
If a man seeks to find meaning while refusing to belong to his family, he will find nothing more than transient distractions to stimulate and
Whenever something, say a pandemic, gives us grim reminders that the grim reaper’s harvest is never far in the offing, the ages-old subject of “the
When I was a small child, singer Don Cornell had a huge radio hit (1955) with a tune called “The Bible Tells Me So”: Have
In the throes of the 2021 civil paralysis, the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) redefined the word “vaccine” because the standing definition did
Is life a test? We go through years of school, and we are constantly tested, for good or for bad, against certain criteria. Is our
Of news headlines it is said: “Dog Bites Man”—that’s not news; “Man Bites Dog”—that’s news! The mundane does not sell soap, cars, or antiperspirants. Similarly,
In 1951, Pope Pius XII addressed the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, reminding his listeners that, in 1911, the physicist Svante Arrhenius had declared that, “the
When I graduated from high school, the extent of my knowledge concerning the stock market and securities amounted to the knowledge that there was a
In a recent article, I called attention to the one-hundredth anniversary of G. K. Chesterton’s reception into the Catholic faith. It was an occasion that
Part I of this series, examined the complementary between the sexes and compared it to the complementarity in the Trinity, One of the great buzz
When I was a child (from 1950 to, well, who can say?) the term “the opposite sex” struck me as odd. Opposite of what? Was
We are almost to the point where the shenanigans of the Church in Germany are too print-weary to be newsworthy, and yet the headlines continue.
On June 24 the Church celebrates the feast of St. John the Baptist. Having just celebrated the birthday of the Church at Pentecost, St. John’s
As summer nears, thoughts turn to fair weather and, for some of us, swimming and the beach. But more and more, the beach has come
As we move toward upcoming elections, we will be bombarded once again with political ads, and I suspect that, once again, we will see politicians
Recent trends in college enrollment are telling a story. Conservative Christian and traditional Catholic colleges are experiencing growth in an industry that is otherwise withering.
President Trump halted funds to the World Health Organization (WHO) citing their poor performance regarding the coronavirus but let’s be clear: he also despised their
Last year, my niece, a civilian nuclear engineer doing work for the Navy, contacted me with questions about how she might go about preparing a
