The story of the American founding usually begins in the East. In that account, we speak of the War of Independence, the establishment of the American republic, and prominent founding fathers [...]
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Junípero Serra and the Founding of the West
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Efficiency or Mediocrity?
The American city is built on efficiency. Roads weave and connect, and gas stations populate major street corners. Fast food restaurant chains pepper the highways so that drivers can eat [...]
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Let Teddy Stay
Navigating the current political waters can seem not only difficult but pointless. In our times, leadership has failed in almost every sector of society: families are broken, schools are in [...]
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A Little Oasis of Orthodoxy
Considering a title for this essay, I rather facetiously suggested to my friend, Father Edward Tomlinson, who assisted me with many of the facts for the piece, that I should [...]
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But God’s First
Before nine o’clock on July 6, 1535, the Lord Chancellor of England was conducted to Tower Hill, London, where he lost his head for the crime of keeping his head. [...]
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Cleaving the Body
People who read Dante for the first time may well be surprised that of the two great ways to embrace what is evil—as opposed to loving what is good but [...]
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Racism Against Whites Is a Sin, Too
Pope Francis has condemned racism, and what Catholic could possibly disagree? Responding to the killing of George Floyd, the Holy Father said: “My friends, we cannot tolerate or turn a [...]
