Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Everyone recognizes that our dominant American culture marks a return to the pagan, but they don’t see that, at a profound level, it’s worse than the original. I’ve been writing over the last decade about our culture’s return to the pagan — and, indeed, I’m not the only one making
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The essay, which promises to seize religion from right-wing fanatics, is both foolish and unintentionally funny.
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I’ve been calling for a Great Awakening for a while now, and it may have started in Kentucky.
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Celebration of the Epiphany Today, the 6th of January, is the traditional day for the celebration of the Epiphany. In many places, such as the Vatican itself, the Epiphany is still celebrated today. In the U.S. since 1970, the Epiphany is celebrated on the first Sunday after 1 January. That
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Wishing You and Yours a Happy End to the Christmas Season on 12th Night Today, 5 January, is the 12th and final day of the 12 Days of Christmas. Historically, tonight is also the Eve of the Epiphany. Note that in the U.S., since 1970, the celebration of the Epiphany
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On the 11th Day of Christmas, the Feast of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton On certain days of the year, including on the 11th day of Christmas, the Vatican allows the various dioceses to choose their own topic of worship for that day. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has
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On the 10th Day of Christmas, the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus Sit nomen Dómini benedíctum Ex hoc nunc, et usque in sæculum Blessed be the Name of the Lord from this time forth for evermore – Psalm 113:2 The Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus, also
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On the 9th Day of Christmas, a Feast in honor of Sts. Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen Today is celebrated the Feasts of two Saints, Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen. Both lived in the 4th century in what is today Turkey. Both are “Doctors of the Church,” people
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New Year’s Day 2023 Anno Domini & on this, the 8th Day of Christmas, the Solemnity of Mary, and in days gone by, the Feast of the Circumcision and the Feast of Fools Welcome to the 1st day of the Year 2023 and the 8th Day of Christmas. In modern
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Why do we celebrate the New Year on January 1 when, for most of recorded history, we held the New Year to start in March? What role did the Catholic and Anglican celebrations of Christmas play in the creation of our modern New Year’s Eve celebration on Dec. 31? Answers
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We have just had three “Originalist” Supreme Court opinions released within the space of a week, all of which are of great importance in their own right, and taken together, mark a seismic shift towards a return to the Constitution of our Founders that I never expected to see in
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Dennis Prager explains why, although Passover is a Jewish celebration, it nevertheless has important (and very positive) worldwide meaning: Happy Passover! Image: A man reciting a blessing over a cup of wine at a Passover Seder in the Warsaw Ghetto, Poland (cropped). Yad Vashem collection.
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It’s time (again) to call out the kerfuffle over a man joining a women’s swim team and the usual leftist ignorance about what ended slavery. When I prepare my illustrated edition, I usually have a category of memes that I save on my computer as “stupid leftists.” Sometimes, though, I
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Every year, I publish a variation of my Passover post, with the latest enemy of freedom starring as Pharaoh. This year, Biden is Pharaoh. For roughly 3,500 years, Jews have been telling and retelling the story of Passover — which is also the story of the world’s first revolt against
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My Australian friend “Nodrog,” has been thinking about God’s role in a civilized world and, especially in America. Here’s what he has to say. The predicament of the US at the moment seems to be the best argument for a belief in God yet presented. I’ve gone right up to
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