Thursday, June 22, 2017

Thomas More

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Today is the feast day of Thomas More, my confirmation saint. Thomas More is perhaps one of the hardest saints to actually convey to...
Monday, April 24, 2017

Silence: An Exercise in Film Criticism and Cultural Jeremiad

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Note: Every possible kind of spoiler exists herein. Proceed at your own risk. The elusive, controversial American Catholic filmmaker ...
Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Attack of William Shatner, A Vulcan Televangelist, and Christopher Plummer With An Eyepatch; or, Farewell to TOS

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The year was 1989, and Star Trek: the Next Generation was finishing its second dismal season.  The new spinoff, born of the unprecedented...
Monday, September 5, 2016

A Brief History of Church-State Relations Over the Last Two Thousand Years

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This is a (relatively) brief outline of Church-State relations, mostly just the big phases and conflicts, focusing on the West and on th...
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Monday, August 29, 2016

The Love of God

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I wish to speak of the mercy of God. God has loved each one of us with a love that is greater than what we are, greater than what we wi...
Saturday, August 6, 2016

The Next Generation of Television; or, It's Tough Being the Bastard Child of a Legend; or, How Gene Roddenberry Destroyed Star Trek; or, How Michael Piller Saved Star Trek; or, One Big, Happy Family; or, Meat Loaf and Mashed Potatoes

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When last we encountered the intrepid hero of our articles--the mythic property "Star Trek"--he found himself at last in a tru...
Saturday, July 16, 2016

Spock Returns and Goes to San Francisco: or, How Star Trek Became A Franchise

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The year was 1982, and Star Trek was back with a vengeance. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn , despite being made on the cheap in a ve...