Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Pope Francis (1936-2025)

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Pope Francis (1936-2025) Of all the tasks a writer may attempt, evaluating a Pope is perhaps the hardest. The Papacy, as I have tried to emp...
Saturday, April 5, 2025

What Went Wrong? Hitchcock's Vertigo, Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides, and Gene Wolfe's Peace

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What Went Wrong? Hitchcock's  Vertigo ,  Sofia Coppola's  The Virgin Suicides, and  Gene Wolfe's  Peace "What went wrong? T...
Monday, March 17, 2025

Poem: If You Had Said No

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If You Had Said No If you had said no the burning Archangel would have offered no rebuke (he had not been sent as for the priest to humble p...
Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Death of the Son, Episode VIII: In the Assembly of the Great King

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Death of the Son, Episode VIII In the Assembly of the Great King   [ Episode One ;  Episode Two ;  Episode Three ;  Episode Four ;  Episode ...
Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Don't Follow the News

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[ This is an old essay I wrote for a local Catholic publication a number of years ago. I am reposting it now for obvious reasons.] Don’t Fol...
Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Future Heresies: A Thought Experiment

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Future Heresies: A Thought Experiment The following post will most likely interest very few people; but, well, it interests me.  I have spen...
Wednesday, January 22, 2025

The Big Lie: A Thesis on Modernity and Contemporary Intellectual History

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The Big Lie: A Thesis on Modernity and Contemporary Intellectual History I have recently been reflecting on the overwhelming role that lies ...