I was invited recently to give a talk on “The Catholic Response to Abortion”. I was pleased to accept this kind invitation, but found it most unusual, and for two reasons. I have often been asked, over the course of many...
Read MoreT. S. Eliot’s J. Alfred Prufrock is literature’s poster boy for catatonia, a neurotic inability to act for fear of doing something wrong. His question, “Do I dare disturb the universe?” suggests that he does not feel at ease in...
Read MoreC. S. Lewis, the most widely read apologist for Christianity of the 20th Century, brought attention to its power of drawing people away from merely gossiping about God. The sad state of affairs in the contemporary world is...
Read MoreWhen G. K. Chesterton was a young journalist, he moved his immediate superior to glower at him “in a heavy manner” by writing the following sentence: “Clapham, like every other city, is built on a volcano”. I would like to...
Read MoreCape Royds, Antarctica is a most inhospitable place. Temperatures drop to -50 Fahrenheit and high winds produce blinding storms. The only inhabitants in this godforsaken region are penguins who, by their incessant squawking,...
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