One of the greatest adventure stories in exploration history was a dismal failure. The ill-fated voyage of the ship Endurance never reached its destination. However, the story of its heroic captain, Sir Ernest Shackleton, survives as a stirring inspiration for all time. The 1914 expedition sought to be the first to cross … Read more
The Florida Legislature has passed a new bill protecting the rights of the parents of school students, even after progressives pulled out all of the stops to defeat it. Leftists mischaracterized the legislation as the “Don’t Say Gay Bill,” alluding to a supposed ban on any classroom discussion of homosexuality, even though … Read more
With so much buying happening online or through self-service kiosks, the art of shopping has lost much of its attraction. Shopping has become so impersonal with scarcely a chance to interact with others. Indeed, it is no longer an art but a mechanical process. Rare are the open-air markets where shopping was … Read more
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò had a successful ecclesiastical career in Vatican diplomacy. His last assignment was the prestigious post of apostolic nuncio to the United States. Once retired, he criticized errors in the Second Vatican Council and the Novus Ordo of the Mass. He also denounced the immorality of high-ranking prelates and … Read more
The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) and her sister organizations around the world have just launched an international petition campaign asking Pope Francis to consecrate Russia in the manner that Our Lady of Fatima outlined in her apparitions, which has so far not taken place. The … Read more
Just when everything seemed to be getting back to the new normal, abnormality struck again. The war in Ukraine is raging and changing the face of the globalized world. The situation is confusing as people struggle to find reasons behind the invasion. Conspiracy theories abound on both sides, like the scenes of … Read more
The retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer opens up the fight for a replacement. As promised, President Joe Biden nominated an avowedly pro-abortion black woman to replace an already pro-abortion justice. The new candidate is Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who enjoys the support of America’s most radical pro-abortion groups. She has … Read more
As of this writing, Putin’s troops are in the suburbs of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, after invading that country by land, sea, and air. Here we will consider just one aspect of the conflict: Is this a just war or not? In other words, did ex-KGB colonel Vladimir Putin have the right to … Read more
On January 20, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) handed down a procedural companion decision to Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson, bearing the name In re Whole Woman’s Health. These decisions concern Texas abortion law S.B. 8, the Texas Heartbeat Act that allows private citizens to sue abortion providers and facilitators … Read more
In 1992, American political scientist Francis Fukuyama published his famous book, The End of History and the Last Man. The author asserted that the fall of the Iron Curtain marked a milestone of immense importance for the West. He claimed that the end of the Cold War was not just “the passing … Read more