Favorite Churchillisms

“We contend that for a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.” “The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.”“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average …

Burns Night

Tonight is “Burns Night.” The birthday of Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759-1796) has become an occasion for Scotsmen, their descendents, and their romantic wannabes, to gather together wherever they may be to the lilt of bagpipers and the strains of Burns’ poetry. Celebrants traditionally enter the rooms with the shout, “Hail Great Chieftan o’ the Puddin-Race.” While the drinking of …

My Friend

You have, to be sure, known pain and fear, And the anguish of failure and frustration are near; Yet your eyes read companionship not distance, Your home beckons forth, with no hint of resistance; Indeed, your cloak, though threadbare, is half mine, You are my friend, and I, most assuredly, am thine. –Tristan Gylberd

Hypocrisy Defined

“Our journey is not complete until all our children, from the streets of Detroit to the hills of Appalachia to the quiet lanes of Newtown, know that they are cared for, and cherished, and always safe from harm.” President Obama in his second inaugural speech, January 21, 2013 (on the eve of the fortieth anniversary of the horrific Roe v. …

Planned Parenthood’s Bacchanal

“There were much glare and glitter and piquancy and phantasm.  There were delirious fancies as the madman fashions.  There were much of the beautiful, much of the wanton, much of the bizarre, something of the terrible, and not a little of that which might have excited disgust.” Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

The Cries of Ramah

“This is our first task as a society, keeping our children safe. This is how we will be judged, and their voices should compel us to change.” President Obama Today, America’s president issued an astonishing 23 Executive Actions aimed at new gun controls–ostensibly to “protect the children of our nation.”  But, not one of them would protect the 3,300 children murdered …

Weird Science

Watkins’ Bookshop in Cecil Court, just off Charing Cross between Leicester Square and Covent Garden in London, was established in 1891 by John Watkins, and is still London’s premier occult bookstore. One of its most famous customers was Carl Gustav Jung, who would together with Sigmund Freud, pioneer the field of psychology and psychotherapy. Watkins became Jung’s publisher, producing the1925 …

The Planned Parenthood Tax Scam

And, the recent spate of bad news continues gets worse: according to Planned Parenthood’s just released Annual Report, 2012 was a banner year for the Grand Poobah of the abortion industry.  The world’s most profitable non-profit organization …

Abortion, Abuse, and Human Trafficking

In the northern states of India where the gender ratio between men and women has been skewed by the illegal–but widespread–practice of sex-selection abortion, a looming crisis threatens the very fabric of the nation according to a startling new …

Favorite Architecture Sites

1. dpz.com 2. beauxartsatelier.org 3. patternlanguage.com 4. classicist.org 5. qftarchitects.com 6. fosterandpartners.com 7. hopeforarchitecture.com 8. newurbanism.org 9. michaelgraves.com 10. cnu.org 11. sacredarchitecture.org

The Epiphany Hymn Rings Haste

Incarnational hope hastens hence on bud, breeze, and blossom grieving rynds banished in lilac scents. Hark, the Epiphany Hymn rings haste from its loveliest biding-place. A lavish breach of winter’s curt hard sword an ardent repudiation of death’s dark pall the out-viening sun of the Christus Lord. Hark, the Epiphany hymn rings haste From its loveliest biding-place At the refectory …

Epiphany: “Midnight Bright as Noon”

The King of Glory sends his Son To make his entrance on this earth; Behold the midnight bright as noon, And heavenly hosts declare his birth. About the young Redeemer’s head What wonders and what glories meet! An unknown star arose, and led The eastern sages to his feet. Simeon and Anna both conspire The infant-Saviour to proclaim; Inward they …

Collapsing Under the Weight of Its Own Absurdity

Forty years after the landmark Roe v. Wade decision of the Supreme Court unilaterally changed the laws protecting the sanctity of life in every state in the nation, abortion activists are reeling–having lost whatever moral high ground they once claime…