Coincidentally: Arma Virumque
By an instinct common to all youth who have not had pacifism violently hammered into them, the inventive child will…
The Writing Is on the Web
With the unfolding of spring comes a renewed awareness and appreciation for life. It is peculiar, though, how the observation of…
The Divine Tragedy of Achilles
As the heroes of The Iliad are slain in blood, Homer gives each of them an epitaph in poetry, that they may die…
Coincidentally: Names Proper and Improper
Of all the blithe habits that befog our culture as it careens toward wreckage, one of the most annoying is…
Learning by Light and Darkness: A Review of A Lantern in Her Hand
by Paul Prezzia
If philosophy is a preparation for death, as Socrates says, than the same can be said of education, at least…
These Parables: Laborers in the Vineyard
Lord Palmerston, or certainly some such confident Victorian, said: “If you do well here, you’ll do well there.” Many Christians…
The Redemption of Lydia Longley
Within about five minutes half of her family had been slain. Lydia Longley, aged 20, entered into the strange journey…
The Vampyre Bicentennial: Should Catholics Be Wary?
Full disclosure: I have been scarred by vampiric literature. It happened when I was a boy. My mother learned of an…
The Vulgar Morality of Tam o’ Shanter: A Tale by Robbie Burns
January 25 marks the birthday of Robert Burns (1759-1796), the national poet of Scotland, and is observed worldwide with the Robbie Burns…
These Parables: The Unmerciful Servant
St. Peter was an impetuous man, unlike his most recent successors, and so his reserve through our Lord’s discourse in…
