Browsing an Agatha Christie anthology the other night, I reread for the first time in years the Poirot story “The Apples of the Hesperides,” which ends: In the little parlour of the Convent, Hercule Poirot told his story and restored the chalice to the Mother Superior. She murmured: . . . . Continue Reading »
Apparently Polish scientists think Europe will have the coldest winter in 1000 years, and that we may even be on the verge of another ice age. The Russians seem to be taking the forecast seriously. From the story:Forecasters say this winter could be the coldest Europe has seen in the last . . . . Continue Reading »
In modern America there are almost as many brands of conservatism as there are conservatives. There are neocons and paleocons, theocons and crunchy cons. There are social conservative and fiscal conservatives, conservatives who aim for National Greatness and others who strive to be Compassionate. . . . . Continue Reading »
“Reasonable Catholicism is reasoned loyalty, or sometimes even loyalty with gritted teeth ,” writes Elizabeth Scalia in today’s “On the Square,” The Reasoned Loyalty of Catholicism . That kind of loyalty brings insight. She begins with John Henry Newman as the great . . . . Continue Reading »
Always penetrating and provocative, my good friend Patrick Deneen has, once again penetrated and provoked, this time in a brief essay entitled ” Is There a Conservative Tradition in America? ” Here’s his summary of what seem to constitute the “core commitments” of . . . . Continue Reading »
Name: R. Albert Mohler, Jr.Why you should know him: Oft-quoted for his views on cultural and religious issues. Time.com called Dr. Mohler the “reigning intellectual of the evangelical movement in the U.S.”Denomination: Southern BaptistPosition: President and Professor of Christian . . . . Continue Reading »
An video interview and a written interview with the Australian writer Melinda Tankard Reist, leader of a new activist group working against the sexualization of girls and society. The first deals more with the issue and the second with the practical details of her campaign against . . . . Continue Reading »
A lot of SHSers have written to me about this and I think it is worth highlighting: A public row in the UK has raised the fearful meme that we should be allowed to kill children with disabilities who are suffering. From the story:Television pundit Virginia Ironside prompted outrage yesterday after . . . . Continue Reading »
William Doino, who with Ronald Rychlak wrote Pius XII and the Distorting Ellipsis for us, made a striking point in a message about the need to stand up not just for the pope for for others so slandered: There is a line in the fine film, A Cry in the Dark (Meryl Streep), about a woman falsely . . . . Continue Reading »
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