The Muslim Surrender of Granada to Fernando and Isabella, 1492 If the Western world ever becomes serious on how to deal with the current, mostly Muslim, invasion of its once sacred soil, all it needs to do is to look to its glorious past. In particular, it should examine the heroic actions of one of … Continue reading Queen Isabella and the Invasion of Europe
At one time, Holy Week – Palm Sunday through Easter Sunday – was recognized and commemorated by the Western world as a solemn period where earthly matters were put aside and focus was directed to history's most seminal event. Most businesses were closed or had reduced hours especially during the Sacred Triduum of Maundy Thursday, … Continue reading Holy Week and the Decline of the West
March 7th is the traditional feast day of one of the most important thinkers of Western Civilization, the Angelic Doctor, St. Thomas Aquinas (c.1225-1275). Despite being referred to early in life as a "Dumb Ox," St. Thomas would, nevertheless, profoundly shape the development of Western theology and philosophy. St. Thomas was instrumental for the reintroduction … Continue reading St. Thomas Aquinas – A Commemoration
This frank response came from the agents sent by the Pharisees to entrap the Divine Savior and turn Him over to the Jewish authorities after His preaching and scathing criticism of them. The incident took place during the Feast of the Tabernacles as St. John describes: "And some of them would have apprehended him: but … Continue reading “Never Did Man Speak Like This Man”
The dramatic fall in the global price of oil is being cited by the financial press, government officials, and academia as the catalyst for the recent abysmal U.S. economic data which shows that the economy is, in all likelihood, sliding into a recession or worse. While falling oil prices sound like a plausible explanation for … Continue reading Falling Oil Prices Not the Reason for U.S.’s Economic Woes
In the midst of the seemingly indeterminable presidential electoral campaign, some of the candidates have been asked about the possibility of convening a constitutional convention in the hope of addressing the nation's most pressing issues, most ominously the gargantuan federal deficit now in excess of $18 trillion. Governor John Kasich supports such a notion with … Continue reading Another Constitutional Convention: An Idea Whose Time Has Not Come
If future chroniclers of the American past are to have any credibility in their recording of the present epoch, there must be included in their histories the vile and murderous saga of Planned Parenthood and its enabler, the United States Federal Government. That Planned Parenthood will continue to receive state largesse despite the well documented … Continue reading Baby Butchering Continues to Get Subsidized at Planned Parenthood
The day after Thanksgiving in recent times has become known as “Black Friday,” a day where retail businesses who have been in the red recoup losses while profitable firms widen their income margins. The day is also a supposed boon for consumers where goods are significantly discounted and new products are first displayed. The Establishment … Continue reading “Black Friday:” Symbol of America’s Economic and Cultural Decline
One of the greatest hoaxes ever perpetrated upon Americans at the time of its telling and which is still trumpeted to this very day is the notion that the U.S. Constitution contains within its framework mechanisms which limit its power. The "separation of powers,” where power is distributed among the three branches – legislative, executive, … Continue reading The Constitution’s Big Lie
Despite doubling the national debt and the expansion of the money supply to some $8 trillion since the beginning of Obummer's misbegotten presidency, the U.S. economy is once again in a free fall. Actually, there has been no real recovery, but a continual deterioration of living standards despite the … Continue reading The Deteriorating U.S. Economy
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