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November 2020

November 21, 2020

Dale Ahlquist is on a mission – sadly, it’s the wrong mission

Joe Biden won. Donald Trump, who once mocked the president-elect as “sleepy Joe…hiding in his...

April 2019

April 18, 2019

James V. Schall S.J., 1928–2019: rest in peace

One of the great joys of editing Gilbert! for fourteen years was editing James V....

April 15, 2019

“Heaven and earth may pass away, but my words will not pass away.”

Jesus' words, from Matthew 24:35, were what first passed through my mind when I saw...

March 2019

March 25, 2019

The link between Nazareth and Mount Doom

Today, we celebrate two events, one fictional and one real. The fictional event is the...

March 01, 2019

Beware of unqualified people – UPDATED

Updated to add additional information I did not know existed when I published this -...

December 2018

December 03, 2018

The season of Advent

G.K. Chesterton wrote beautifully of Christmas, both in poetry, such as “The Christ-Child in Mary’s...

November 2018

November 14, 2018

The crown of the Christmas feast

The Christmas pudding is the crown of the Christmas feast. It has no equal. Before...

September 2018

September 18, 2018

A Pope Like No Other

“When Christ at a symbolic moment was establishing His great society, He chose for its...

June 2018

June 14, 2018

Discover G.K. Chesterton

Today, June 14, 2018, was the 82nd anniversary of the death of G.K. Chesterton. I...

May 2018

May 14, 2018

Alfie Evans, part II: parental rights and more

In Part I we discussed whether Alfie Evans’ death was murder. Here, we delve more...

May 11, 2018

Alfie Evans, part I: no, it was not murder

Quoting G.K. Chesterton is always dangerous, but especially if you quote him to serve a...