Nov
5
Celebrating Guy Fawkes’ Day
November 5, 2006 | Leave a Comment
What better way to mark the degree of success the Crown had in crushing English Catholicism in 1605 than to have a look at some nice photos of young Londoners attending a Mass done under the rubrics of 1962, posted by Joee at Joee Blogs. Be sure to scroll all the way down so that [...]
Nov
5
More on Torture
November 5, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Principally in response to I. Shawn McElhinney of Rerum Novarum, Dr. Mike Liccione of Sacramentum Vitae has posted a response to many–if not all–of the salient points at issue in the torture debate. I had been thinking long and hard about a response of my own to Shawn, since he posted an excellent rebuttal to [...]
Nov
5
Dawkins, Dennett, and Delusions
November 5, 2006 | Leave a Comment
There is a rather delicious irony floating around out there these days, and I’m a little surprised that nobody has called attention to it yet.
Sir Karl Popper was a british empiricist who did seminal work in the foundations of the philosophy of science. Among his contributions to the demarcation debate was the suggestion that the [...]
Nov
5
Remember! Remember!
November 5, 2006 | Leave a Comment
The fifth of November, and all of the Holy Catholic Martyrs who were unjustly tortured and murdered by the state, having been falsely accused of complicity in the gunpowder treason.
