Giving Up Television
By:Nearly ten months ago, my wife and I gave up television for good. By most standards, we did not necessarily have an unhealthy addiction to televisio…
Intellectual Life
Their “Savage Office”: Sts. Nereus, Achilleus and Christian Military Service
By:The appropriateness of Christian military service is an ancient debate. It is fueled by divergent tales of Christian soldier martyrs. Pope St. Dam…
Have you lost your Manly Thumos? How to restore your Spiritedness
By:Homer's Greek epic the Iliad is a catechism on the merits and dangers of θυμός (thumos). Thumos is the breath of the warrior. It is the emboldened spir…
Saint Ignatius of Loyola’s Duel with a Muslim
By:Here's an anecdote from the life of Ignatius of Loyola - founder of Jesuits (Pope Francis’ order): “Upon encountering a Muslim who denied the divinity…
The Sin of Avoiding Controversy
By:The Idea That Controversy Causes Violence For most people, it is no secret that the majority of universities have sought to eliminate diversity of t…
“Cheaper By the Dozen” and A Feminist’s Worst Nightmare
By:After watching a heartbreaking loss in the Elite Eight, my wife and I were "Netflix surfing," hoping to find something to watch together after a long, …
The Young Pope: Triumph or Travesty?
By:When I caught the first previews of HBO’s The Young Pope, I rolled my eyes and reached for the remote. “How original”, I thought, “a show depicting nau…
Amoris Laetitia and Thomas Aquinas, Part 2
By:Thomas Aquinas to the Rescue! In the first part of this article, we discussed the problem of Amoris Laetitia, how it's, from a comprehension stand-poi…
Amoris Laetitia and Thomas Aquinas, Part 1
By:The Big Hullabaloo Yeah, that's right. We're going there. Today I'm going to talk about the Pope's controversial Post-synodal Exhortation on Love in t…
Sic Semper Tyrannis – Latin Phrases for Men
By:"Sic semper tyrannis" means "Thus always to tyrants." The Latin is attributed to Brutus at the time of Julius Caesar’s assassination. It was made fa…