Mary Whitehouse was not simply a moralizing paranoiac, and at some point a half-century ago, we chose the pornographic world that she spent her life fighting against. Continue Reading »
From Curry there’s no malice, no taunting, no improper pride. His laughs and gestures and shimmies spring from delighted surprise at his own excellence. He’s the Aristotelian Principle incarnate. Continue Reading »
In 2022, SNL’s sword of comedy only cuts one way, and its blade is far from razor-sharp. Abortion is simply too important to them to be a laughing matter. Continue Reading »
What would happen if a Viking skald were armed with a modern Hollywood budget and set loose to create a film? Probably something quite like The Northman. Continue Reading »
While threats to disrupt worship en masse and even burn the sacramental elements seem to be overblown so far, the backlash against religion is surely a sign of the times. Continue Reading »
As of May 15, Catholic journalists around the world will be able to count one of their number among the saints, as Titus Brandsma, a Dutch Carmelite killed at the Dachau concentration camp in 1942, is canonized in St. Peter’s Square. Continue Reading »
In my every encounter with Midge, her manner, so full of vitality and maternal warmth, urged me to choose life. May her memory be a blessing for others, as it already is for me. Continue Reading »
The late Australian poet Les Murray shared with Aquinas, another fat genius, a devotion to the Unmoved Mover and dedicated each of his thirty books to the greater glory of God. He was not a voice crying out in the wilderness. He was a poet sweating out in the bush. Continue Reading »