Christmas concerts have been a staple of American schools nearly as long as there have been schools in America. At these happy events, children sang and played traditional Christmas Carols like Silent Night and Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem alongside more secular selections like Jingle Bells and Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer. In more recent times, … Read more
“Purgatory (to say nothing of Hell), penance, expiation, God’s holy justice: these just do not fit in with today’s cheerfully cheap religiosity.” – Hungry Souls. No one can say how many modern Catholics believe in Purgatory, but the percentage is unlikely to be high. A recent study showed that less than a third of Catholics … Read more
A new book is planting the ideas of revolutionary egalitarianism in our children’s hearts and minds. It comes with bright pictures, happy animals, and catchy rhymes. The purveyor is Scholastic, a company with a long reach into America’s schools and libraries. The chances are excellent that your neighborhood or parish school hosts a Scholastic Book … Read more
All too often, people conform their lives to the machines they use. This adaption increased as the Industrial Revolution helped integrate machines into daily life. This development took a further step forward when the idea of robots first appeared in the early twentieth century. There were two visions of these new assistants. One was the … Read more
About 1990, an acquaintance of mine got the job of his dreams. One sign of his new status was his employer-issued BlackBerry interactive pager. At the time, this device was state of the art. Older pagers displayed only a telephone number to call back. This one allowed for a short immediate response. A few weeks … Read more
Once again, the educationists are racing to create ever more absurd ways to “teach” children. The recent controversy over the proposed California Social Studies Curriculum is one example. This proposal was so ridiculous that the word history was spelled hxrstory (pronounced her-story) to be more inclusive. Fortunately, this proposal was rejected. However, similar minds in … Read more
Modern Muhammadans are using America’s schools to make Islam more acceptable to Christians everywhere. The pattern of that attempt is spelled out in two separate articles appearing within a week of each other. One, “The Islamicization of Public Education Continues Apace” by Fr. Mario Alexis Portella, appeared on Crisis. The other one came from Life … Read more
“And many false prophets shall rise, and shall seduce many.” Matt. 24:11 A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn is one of the most popular history books of all time. Over two million copies of its various editions have been sold since it was first published in 1980. Amazon’s page for the … Read more
“One of Satan’s greatest works is to make people believe that he does not exist.” No one knows who first made this observation. The exact wording changes from source to source. However, it is all too true. Free Book: Return to Order: From a Frenzied Economy to an Organic Christian Society—Where We’ve Been, How We … Read more
A Catholic hospital must now offer “Medical Assistance in Dying” (MAiD) among its services. The facility is Saint Martha’s Regional Hospital in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. According to a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation story, “the organization that administers hospitals in Nova Scotia” made the decision. Free Book: Return to Order: From a Frenzied Economy to an Organic … Read more
