ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY… (…and it’s not just against external threats) A rather disturbing item showed up in our mailbox the other day. It was a particularly partisan political solicitation for support couched in very extreme terms.
Religion
IS AMERICA CONSTRUCTING A NEW TOWER OF BABEL… (…from too much emphasis on …pluribus…and not enough on…unum?) Everyone is familiar with the biblical story explaining the diversity of languages in this world…when human hubris attempted to build a towering structure
IT’S THE WILDEST ELECTION YEAR YET AND THE ONLY EXPLANATION IS… (…that some people’s beliefs about the reasons for it are no weirder than any others…) People have all sorts of beliefs of one kind or another, especially when they
MOVING RELIGION TO A BACK SEAT ON THE BUS OF THEIR LIVES… (…leading them to just be Easter Catholics and Christmas Christians) Recent demographic research has apparently found that Americans have drifted further away from formal affiliation with any kind
FRANCIS THE FIRST (…achieving a Jesuit apotheosis?) Catholics have a new pope, and he has chosen to be named – Francis 1st -. It is an interesting and intriguing choice because, given his Jesuit background, his choice of that name