Fr. Matteo Ricci was, as were many Jesuits of his time, a man who combined “street smarts” with high native intelligence. A missionary needed those attributes, and a healthy…
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Ever since the Athenians of the Golden Age of Greece contributed their word demos to a new system of governance, but failed to include thousands of slaves in the process, democracy has…
Back in 1979 I took delivery of a new VW diesel Rabbit in Amsterdam. Patty, the girls and I were about to embark on a four month sojourn through…
If you can’t think of something nice to say about someone, then say nothing at all. (Old Proverb) If you can’t think of something nice to say about someone,…
Not long ago, at the café where I feed my caffeine addiction, I met a guy who went to Canisius. Like me, he went to both high school and…
A humorous and somewhat arrogant radio personality who calls himself “Dr. Science” claims that he “know[s] more than you do” because he has “a masters degree . . . in Science.” …
Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare; Bold lover, never, never canst thou kiss, Though winning near the goal…
I would hazard the guess that the least evoked New Testament passage one is likely to hear these days, especially in those glitzy megachurches with preachers in Armani suits, is…
Brokeback Mountain might be considered one of those seminal films that breaks through an American taboo, not because it presents male homosexuality in a feature film with “name” lead actors, but…
In a recent Dragon City Journal Special it was remarked that one of the high priests of Conservatism, William F’Buckley, [1] appears to have jumped ship from George Bush’s Iraq War and…