DarwinCatholic

What we have: What I want: Why I shouldn't have what I want: That is all.

Scott Carson has an interesting post up about the societal development of affluence , which in turn links to a New York Times article , whic...

No, not that kind. The kind that gets carried into bed with mommy and daddy in the middle of the night whimpering with a 103.1 fever. Poor...

Here it is: my attempt at chant. This is the Introit for the first Sunday of Advent. Ad te levavi Constructive criticism is welcomed. And ...

A couple weeks ago I wrote a monumentally long post on Vatican II -- indeed so much so that I'll start out by promising this one will be...

Convenience foods are simply an attempt to approximate the taste of home cooking, with plenty of added preservatives, fat, and salt to retai...

I just finished reading Europe's Last Summer by David Fromkin about the start of the Great War, a book which I recommend if you're...

Scott Carson, who doesn't really care, about magic in the Harry Potter books : Writers have compared the magic of the Potter stories to ...

Human loves are cyclical, and now, after a dry spell of several years, my great enthusiasm is the making of music. Before I went to college ...

Does anyone out there know if someone has in print a Latin/English Sunday (and holy day) missal for the "novus ordo" mass? I'v...

I had an old friend up for the weekend with the goal of bottling a batch of beer we'd put down a month ago, and servicing all the brakes...

Eat your heart out, Shakespeare -- PoetBot can say it in four words. I've been reading John Donne lately, and here's what's bee...

A while back Razib linked to this lengthy article in the New Yorker about the field research on bonobos being done by German primatologist ...

The other day, a link on an unrelated topic drew me over to the Commonweal website. I should know better, shouldn't I? There I came acro...

That is the sound of inevitability." --Agent Smith, The Matrix It seems like with every passing week I hear more often that it is inev...

The LogEyed Roman writes about reverse prudery, and rebellion against it.

I'm hardly a walking dictionary, but it's not every day that I run into a word I've simply never heard before. But here one is:...

All this motu proprio talk had got me thinking that I should seek out our local Latin Mass group again, especially since I'd heard they ...

Alright, I have to confess: I was a big fan of the Animaniacs back in the day, and to my mind the funniest episode was the one where either ...

Having given some time for those likely to care most about such things to finish reading the book for themselves, I'm going to avoid any...