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The Power of Tears

August 8, 2017

You Yourself have counted my wanderings in advance, put also my tears into Your vessel; are they not also in Your counting? (Psalm 56:9). King David lauds the power of tears here

History

When people talk about long wave economics, they’re usually talking about the Kondratieff Wave or perhaps even the Saeculum, waves that last on the average 60-80 years from trough-to-trough. But there are

Politics

Don't Raise the Debt Ceiling

August 7, 2017

Behold the time Barack Obama nailed it: ‘The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the

Children·Culture

Exhibit A

August 7, 2017

In a previous post, I warned people not to trust others to teach your kids. This is why. “My wickedness, you see. It knows no bounds.” They are not there to teach

Religion

Sermon on the Transfiguration

August 6, 2017

Editor’s Note: St. Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica (1296 – 1359), an Eastern Orthodox monk and bishop (interestingly, referred to a “a great theological writer” by Pope John Paul II), was a

Religion

Hymn: Jesus, The Light of the World

August 6, 2017

Literature·Philosophy

Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley

August 5, 2017

Memento Mori. This modern world seeks to extend adolescence until the coffin lid closes. We treat aging and dying like some sort of horrible disease that can be avoided by ignoring it.

History

The Burning of the Philadelphia

August 5, 2017

Editor’s note: The following is excerpted from Hero Tales from American History, by Henry Cabot Lodge and Theodore Roosevelt. It is difficult to conceive that there ever was a time when the