Dante and the Office – The Catholic Thing

Some people have trouble reading Dante’s Commedia.  For a “comedy,” it doesn’t seem all that funny. Teachers will tell you it is a “comedy” in the sense that it has a happy ending in Heaven.  Some people might chuckle at some of the punishments…

Congo: ‘The Horror! The Horror!’

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), formerly known as Zaire, and before that, the Belgian Congo, is one of those Third World nightmare hellholes that I describe as being “worse than Baltimore.” However, since a new federal…

Honor Memorial Day

God bless the souls of our departed warriors, and let not their deaths have been in vain.To mark the day, here's the story of Marvin Glen Shields: "The only Navy Seabee awarded the nation’s highest award for valor" (you may…

King Charles Announces Digital ID Plans

In a King’s Speech delivered on May 13, King Charles III stated, “My ministers will … proceed with the introduction of digital ID.” The announcement, part of the formal opening of Parliament under the Labour government of Prime Minister Keir…