Category: Daily Column

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Waves of Truth

Children build sand castles on the beach. People walk by, smiling. They enjoy watching the children, and some...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Some See Space and Time and Find God. Others see…

We are told that the universe goes on and on, “to infinity”. Some spend long periods studying the...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

The Neighbor-hating Vanity of the Public Sectorites

Today, in Wisconsin, a couple of hundred people are sleeping in the Capitol rotunda. They are protesting the...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Invasion

Recent troubles in Libya, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen and the rest of the Middle East have accelerated the sending...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Union Violence/Media Silence

Lots of commentators wonder why “Big Media” never reports fully on union violence. There is a reason beyond...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Reading for February 27, 2011

Sunday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Is 49:14-15 Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; my...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Ireland. In Trouble. Again.

All of us have tendencies to classify by nationalities and ethnic origin. We’re endlessly told by hectoring nannies...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Layers

Dante explained that Hell is in nine layers, with the pain increasing as one descends. Heaven, he believed,...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

When the Not Bright Meet the Not Right

Obviously, narcissistic personalities have a lot of drive. Their overwhelming vanity, especially when accompanied by family connections, elevates...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Democracies Not Doing Well

The real weakness with democracies is that legislators are susceptible to bribes. Usually disguising bribes as “campaign contributions”,...