Gary Isbell 
Eve Lavallière, the stage name of Eugénie Fenoglio, was born in Toulon, France, on April 1, 1866. The second child and only daughter of Emile and Albanie Fenoglio, she later described her painful youth. “As a child, I knew not what the love and care of a mother was. My life was … Read more
As we witness the unfolding of events in Haiti, we cannot help but be moved to have compassion on and pray for the victims of the recent earthquake in the capital of Port-Au-Prince. The country’s infrastructure is all but destroyed. Food, water, electricity and housing are scarce and chaos reigns in some … Read more
Early on August 6, 1945, a lone American B-29 Superfortress bomber circled in a vividly blue sky over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The unsuspecting inhabitants on the ground barely glanced at the plane. They were unaware of the deadly payload it was about to unleash on them, ushering in the atomic … Read more
In Latin America, agrarian land reform is often proposed as a measure to distribute lands to the landless. It involves taking over large properties without just compensation and usually is an attack upon the right of private property. However, there are conditions when it can be justified. First, the measures employed cannot … Read more
While industrialization has brought material comfort in the form of technological gains, it is painfully clear that something spiritual is missing in life. Cold, lifeless materialism reigns supreme. If one thing characterizes the modern world, it is its uncanny ability to reduce the highest spiritual reality to material or digital irrelevance. In … Read more
There is something about a soldier that fascinates and attracts. I think it has to do with the soldier’s commitment and the fact that he puts his life on the line for a cause. Of course, not just any soldier fits the bill. It is the combat soldier that really attracts attention … Read more
It is not the case to discuss the legal dispute surrounding the Ten Commandments monument at the state judicial building in Alabama. Chief Justice Roy Moore’s failure to comply with the federal court order is not the real issue. However, it is the case to address the poignant symbolism of the brutal … Read more
Quite simply, success in marketing depends upon offering the right product to the right consumer at the right time. That is not always easy since the fickle consumer is constantly changing and the marketer must be ever-ready to adjust accordingly. Thus, depending on one’s perspective, marketing has become a science, a craft … Read more
In the early days of women’s “liberation,” many activists saw abortion as a necessary and even desirable component of the sexual revolution of the sixties. Freed from childbearing, women could engage in numerous relationships without consequences. However, like many of the tenets of feminism itself, such attitudes no longer prevail. In the … Read more
Upon returning from a trip to Portugal, I heard about the attempt to auction a consecrated host on eBay. While the thought of this is enough to raise the ire of even the lukewarm, I readily recalled another Eucharistic sacrilege and a marvelous host I had just seen near Fatima. It was … Read more