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Hopefully by now you’ve heard that more than 20,000 Palestinian children are confirmed dead in Israel’s defensive Gaza war. That’s just since October of last year, and it’s just the number of confirmed child deaths in Gaza, excluding civilian women and men. The full number of dead children is surely much higher. Their violent deaths … Read moreThe New Passover of the Judeo-Christian West

We’ll start with the blasphemy of the year. There’s nothing quite like relaxing at the opera with abundant female nudity, fresh blood, (real) skin piercings, and actual lesbian sex acts. This used to be called porn, and one did not go to the opera for it. Paul Hindemith’s half-hour one-act opera Sancta Susanna (1922), which … Read moreThis Just In: Sacrilege at the Opera and Metaphysical Denial in Politics

Three things that are certain in today’s world: death, taxes…and gaslighting. Our Elites lie to us so much that anyone with commonsense knows to doubt the veracity of anything they claim. The gaslighting reaches into most areas of life: medicine, foreign policy, and the role of women in the Church just to name a few. … Read moreTwo Lies Don’t Equal the Truth

We’re living on borrowed time. Election Day is immovably looming ahead, like the last feature on a roll through Freddy Fear’s House of Scares. We’re clicking toward it, buckled in with the master switch thrown to lock us in our seats. I try to make the most of every day while they still feel “normal,” … Read moreLiving on Borrowed Time

“Render unto Caesar…” may cause some alarm. God Incarnate seems to be lauding Caesar, yet Caesar hardly seems laudable. The Caesars were a rather disreputable bunch, given their depraved lives. Let us recall that after the worthy life of Augustus, there were Tiberius, Caligula, and Nero. Hardly Catholic role models. All the Roman emperors, whether … Read more“Render unto Caesar…”: To Vote or Not to Vote

Perhaps, as the election approaches and the news becomes saturated with grim predictions and shrill voices, we’re beginning to feel that our nation’s destiny is sliding more and more out of control, giving way to feelings of anxiety and tension, or even terror. From a biblical perspective, this state of affairs—our being helpless before the … Read moreAn Hour a Day Keeps the Anxiety Away

Now that the proverbial cat is conclusively out of the bag, and all the animal experts have determined that the damn thing is feral, why doesn’t somebody just put it out of its misery? Not to mention the misery of so many victimized by its vicious bite. Don’t we all deserve a clean break from … Read moreThe Dangers of a Trump Victory