Sojourns with Schall

I. As it turns out, the killings in Orlando were not what they seemed to be or what too many wanted them to be—that is, simply a random act of “hatred” caused by a deranged […]

“The opposite danger for the Church is clericalism. This is the sin committed by two parties, like the tango!” — Pope Francis, La Croix, Paris, May 17, 2016. “Bishop Fellay is a man with whom one […]

“Faith is not a product of reflection nor is it even an attempt to penetrate the depths of my own being. Both of these things may be present, but they remain insufficient without the ‘listening’ […]

“The Obama years have brought America to the brink of transformation from constitutional republic into an empire ruled by secret deals promulgated by edicts.” — Angelo Codevilla, The Federalist, February 29, 2016. “The common bond […]

Justice Antonin Scalia’s life and works have received much and deserved attention since his death in Texas on February 13th. I will not call it an “untimely” death, for every death takes place at that […]

I. Lumen Gentium, the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church of Vatican II, states that the Mohammedans “profess their faith as the faith of Abraham, and with us they worship the one, merciful God who will […]

The day after President Obama announced his executive actions on control measures, an editorial headline in the San Jose Mercury News (Jan. 6) read as follows: “Obama’s executive order on guns came only after Congress […]

“’It’s submission,’ Rediger murmured. ‘The shocking and simple idea, which had never been so forcefully expressed, that the summit of human happiness resides in the most absolute submission. I hesitate to discuss the idea with […]

After almost every shooting involving a Muslim perpetrator, from 9/11 to Fort Hood to San Bernardino, we hear, from the President on down, some version of the following on-going narrative: “We are horrified by this […]