Iran and the Muslim Hillbillies
By:To the delight of freedom-lovers and theocracy-haters around the world, Iranians are protesting the cruelty, corruption, and overwhelming ineptitude of…
Intellectual Life
Matt Lauer, Russia and Our Lady
By:You might be asking yourself how these three go together. To be honest I was picking on Matt Lauer. You could easily insert Al Franken, Harvey Weinst…
St. Andrew the Apostle: Patron Saint of “Second Fiddles”
By:Biblically speaking, if anyone had the right to resent playing “second fiddle” to anyone, particularly a sibling, it was Andreas bar Yochannan, better …
Review: Storm of Fire and Blood
By:With Storm of Fire and Blood, Dr. Taylor Marshall’s epic trilogy centered on the life of Lucius Aurelius Georgius Cyrenicus, a.k.a. St. George, takes i…
Redeeming the Crusades: A Review of God’s Battalions
By:Few events in history are as misunderstood and misrepresented as the Crusades. From the Enlightenment onward, scholars and historians have criticized t…
Deceptive Charm and Fleeting Beauty: On Choosing a Wife
By:Personal Notes This Sunday's first reading (in the Ordinary Form) from the Book of Proverbs is often used at weddings. My wife and I did not use it at…
Dunkirk- A Different Kind of War Film
By:Although, Christopher Nolan conceived of the idea for making Dunkirk some 25 years ago, he decided to wait until he had refined his movie making skills…
Christians Need to Denounce This Witch-Hunt
By:The witch-hunt continues. Roy Moore, the GOP nominee running for senator in Alabama, is contending with allegations of sexual abuse made decades ago…
Postmodernity and Sutherland Springs
By:Like most Americans, I was disturbed by the recent church massacre in Texas. It wasn’t the crime that disturbed me, however. To be completely honest, I…
Wonder Woman and the Rise of Feminist Superheroes
By:This past summer, which was particularly disappointing in terms of blockbusters, critics and audiences surprisingly came together to praise Wonder Woma…