Category: Daily Column

During Lent

Catholics try to focus more on The Programmer than on the programmed entities around us. To that end,...

The Two Components of Reality

We deal, on a daily basis, with two realities. There are the things programmed by The Programmer, summed...

Today, Lying is Harder

Now that the Global Warming lies are more thoroughly discredited than ever, it’s time for some new Imaginary...

Valentine’s Day

The Second Emperor Claudius saw the Romans threatened by Goths. On a wide arc from Macedonia to Germany,...

Can the Demons Who Inflict so Many of us be Saved?

St. Ignatius makes the point that the first, great disobedience took place among the rebellious angels in Heaven....

Praying for someone is like calling in artillery

Praying for someone is like calling in artillery from a distant, lofty battery. The far-off “guns” fire projectiles...

What Happens When Peoples Stray

What Happens When Peoples Stray is perfectly illustrated by the Scripture passage assigned to this date by The...

Lots of People Love to Insult Liberals

Lots of People Love to Insult Liberals. Liberals are often said to be callous, insensitive, and not overly...

Visualizing Prayer

We may picture ourselves on the beach, under an umbrella. A hole suddenly appears, allowing a beam of...

The Effects of Hatred

The Effects of Hatred upon us become more apparent as we think specifically about them. The fifty million...