The Truth Will Set You Free. But First, It Will Make You Miserable!

“The truth will set you free” (Jn 8:32). An excellent piece (above link) by the Holy Father, well timed not just because of its Saint’s Day release, January 24th, but the recent events about social media regulation, etc. Also, well timed considering the gathering in Davos. The Holy Father doesn’t dwell much on what I would identify as the major cause for the present situation in journalism and social media, even to most of the world’s ills: Disbelief in objective reality. Or rather I should say he does focus on it substantially through his discussion of the Garden of Eden … Continue reading The Truth Will Set You Free. But First, It Will Make You Miserable!

The Devil in Plain Sight (Continued)

Deviled Eggs Anyone? The article behind this series has grown viral legs, as it makes its global rounds, as you will discover from the link above. Now, the venerable newspaper of the left-wind, The Guardian has responded to the original article with some good tongue in cheek. The actions described in the article do not seem to bother them all that much. Seeing the original article and the new Satanism in anything but a humorous light bears consideration. The original article describes the new Satanism almost as a fusion cuisine. It contain blood. synthesized ideas from establishment recipes, and a … Continue reading The Devil in Plain Sight (Continued)

The Devil in Plain Sight

“Let’s Play Satan” The above link is to an article which appeared in the January 5, 2018 edition of the Los Angeles Times. The article’s title certainly got my attention, but then again it did appear under the “Entertainment” heading. However, the title got the better of me, and so I read it. To see why it was classified as “entertainment” is probably a stretch for most of us. With the description of a ritual at the anything-but-proverbial witching hour involving a male “blood smeared and stripped down to nearly “sky-clad’” who was offered up “in service to the goddess … Continue reading The Devil in Plain Sight

Abraham Lincoln on Blockchain Technology

“There are no accidents in my philosophy. Every effect must have its cause. The past is the cause of the present, and the present will be the cause of the future. All these are links in the endless chain stretching from the finite to the infinite.” Herndon’s Life of Lincoln by William H. Herndon and Jesse W. Weik (New York, Da Capo Press, 1983), p. 354. Continue reading Abraham Lincoln on Blockchain Technology