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The Science of Extraterrestrials: The Art of Keeping Hope Alive
Science is supposed to be about finding and assessing facts. But when the topic turns to extraterrestrial life, much public discussion seems aimed simply to keep up hope that “They’re Out There.” There’s nothing wrong with that in principle, as…
Caerphilly by-election earthquake leaves Labour trapped
Ahead of my newsletter tomorrow morning, here is my very quick take on a political disaster in Wales. This post is free to read, and if you would like to upgrade so you can read the newsletter, you can do so here.What happened in the Welsh…
What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits
The headline here is an homage to one of the beloved albums of my younger days by the Doobie Brothers – back when albums were albums, on vinyl. I wish I could herein wax eloquent about the days sitting in a room, queueing up records, spinning…
The Brew: New York City is ‘Great Replacement’ Central, with 38% of Population Foreign-Born
Is everything clear now? Efforts to enforce American law will be punished with prison, while foreign invaders will be rewarded, because they can be used for political domination. Pope Leo Shills for Open Borders Of course a program as…
Happy Feet Friday
Alfred is one of the three "Kings" of the blues (I've previously highlighted tunes by the other two, B.B. and Freddie). Here, he's playing one of his classics: "Killing Floor". Source link
After losing in the Supreme Court, Wisconsin seeks to eliminate charitable deductions
The Court in June unanimously ruled that the state violated the First Amendment when it denied a tax exemption to Wisconsin’s Diocese of Superior Catholic Charities Bureau. The state argued that the group’s charitable undertakings were not…
Two takes on Pope Leo
Father de Souza discusses two new books about the new pope. We already have an array of first-hundred-days analyses of Pope Leo XIV, as though the first American-born pope could be judged like an American president. Yet Robert Prevost of…
Huge surge in Bible sales and faith following Charlie Kirk’s assassination
In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s killing on a Utah college campus in September, Bible sales have soared. First reported by The Wall Street Journal, sales spiked by 36 percent in the month compared to 2024, totaling 2.4 million Bibles sold in…
How Pope St. John Paul II changed my life (and still does)
“I never dreamed I would have the opportunity to meet the saintly pontiff a dozen times or so through the years, most of those while studying in Rome. He never lost his sense of humor even as his health began to fail. I remember handing him a…
Redeeming the Teeny-Weeny Self – The Catholic Thing
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Christopher Lasch’s final book. Published just a few months after his death, The Revolt of the Elites (1995) capped a series of five extraordinary works starting with his Haven in a Heartless World: The…