The Adventures of Captain Peabody

Saturday, July 15, 2017

Bastille Day

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Yesterday was Bastille Day, a holiday that grows more bittersweet with each passing year. I am, as far as that goes, a totally unreconst...
Sunday, July 9, 2017

Repentance

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In the end, we will all be forced to face the truth. It is a terrible thing, but it can only be escaped for so long; and the longer we run...
Friday, July 7, 2017

Trusting God

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We speak very often of trusting God, but all too often, as I know from bitter experience, this is nothing more than a facile collection of...
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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