Out of the depths I  cry to you, O Lord! (Ps 130:1) 

I'll confess, when I saw Joker my first thought was, "How did they know?" 

"I am so for this!" exclaimed a Facebook friend, linking to a headline about the Los Angeles City Council's vote to replace Columbus Day with "Indigenous Peoples' Day."

Two tall men in a state room: one a Protestant minister in his prime, full of zeal, beloved by millions all over the world; the other quite elderly, of a quiet demeanor, subtle, careful, yet absolutely clear in his thought.

There is a fundamental precept among climate change activists and radical environmentalists that man is an interloper in the natural world. All would be pristine if it weren't for us.

The ending of Solzhenitsyn's book is hopeful.  We are given a glimpse of a "good day" in Ivan Denisovich's life.

On Messiaen's "Quartet for the End of Time", performed in the crypt of a church in Harlem.

Suppose that words were all you had.

"Bastille Day" is the celebration of an inflated myth. 

"I love this book because there s not a hint of ‘Eat your spinach’ about it. Pearce’s reading program is pure pleasure. It can make the world a happier place." Mike Aquilina