Fear: the ultimate enemy of faith
by Phil Lawler
Every morning, for the better part of a year now, a headline in the local newspaper has called attention to…
What if everyone will eventually be Covid-positive?
by Phil Lawler
Just to help clarify our thinking, let’s imagine an unpleasant possibility: that sooner or later, we’ll all be infected with…
Rediscovering Columbus
by Robert Royal /Dr. William Fahey
Across the nation, schoolchildren are being taught that Christopher Columbus was a genocidal maniac. Monuments to the explorer are being…
10 Christmas Stories Every Father Should Read to His Children
When St. Nick drives his miniature sleigh full of toys drawn by eight tiny reindeer to the snowy housetop, and drops…
Why The Worst Christmas Story is Worth Reading
There are few Christmas stories that begin with a scene so ragged and rich as a threadbare, moth-gnawed Santa Claus who,…
Christmas
One Christmas was so much like the other, in those years around the sea-town corner now, out of all sound…
Gravediggers, Goblins, and How Dickens Discovered Christmas
Christmas has become a humbug. Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge was a sour soothsayer for our times. By and large, Christmas is a humbug these…
Rediscovering Columbus
by Robert Royal
Across the nation, schoolchildren are being taught that Christopher Columbus was a genocidal maniac. Monuments to the explorer are being…
New Episode of Crisis Point with Phil Lawler
by Phil Lawler
Comments do not necessarily represent views of Thomas More College of Liberal Arts.
Our culture is attempting suicide
by Phil Lawler
When I read the news headline it suddenly all seemed clear. The story reported that new positive Covid tests were…
What Are You Reading This Summer? Excellent Drivel
Reading in the dog days should never be dogged reading. Just as summer is for recreation, so also is it for…
These Parables: The Two Sons
As the atmosphere grew tense in Jerusalem, our Lord spoke the parable of the two sons (Matthew 21:28-32). When the…
Coincidentally: A Cavalcade of Georges
Few literary conventions are more useful than quotation of Aristotle when in a pinch. He gives a sheen to what…
These Parables: The Yeast
In the heart of noisy Manhattan, when silence falls outside the window, I suspect something has gone wrong. St. Gregory…
Paper or Plasma? How Are You Reading This Summer?
Summertime is a favorite time for some favorite reading—but in these times, and in these summers, the issue is not…
