Bidenihilism: “As Eric Hoffer observed in 1951, ‘Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.'”
Catholicism is About Swords: “…many Catholics have risen from their dazed shock and have seen the Big Lie burying the truth of God. They have recognized that the Faith is not about a fey peace but of manly war. We have been fashioned by the grace of the Holy Spirit to raise not white flags but gleaming swords. Effete surrenders do not mark us, only the dust of war. The dear Father of that epicene remark should read and reread Matthew 10:34 and know that Our Savior means what He says when He thunders, ‘I have not come to bring peace but the sword.’ And not a stack of biblical criticism can change that.”
How Diclofenac is Killing Zoroastrianism: “Vultures have never been popular. With their uncanny faces, bald necks and habit of burying themselves in gore, they are a symbol of death and corruption to most. Their curved beaks seem cruel and their plumages seem to lack the splendour of eagles, but in their absence many have found a new appreciation, if not for their looks, then at least their service.”
Radioactive Love: “If humanity’s most pressing and singular threat prior to the cross of Christ was the problem of vengeance (the infinite loop of violence entailed by revenge), then making a decisive step beyond this problem also entails opening ourselves up to a new realm of horrors. After vengeance comes…? How can we describe this new and mysterious evil?”
Walking Away from the Marketplace: “…everybody I know who is thriving in today’s American economy is self-employed. The great majority of them have found niche markets that match their personal quirks and aren’t well served by the one-size-neglects-all mentality of today’s corporate managers…If you work for yourself you get to keep a much larger share of the value of your labor, and you can also usually provide better quality to your customers at a more reasonable price—after all, neither you nor your customers have to worry about covering the the salaries and benefits of a ziggurat-load of overpriced office fauna, the way employees and their customers do…This is possible because in today’s American economy there are a huge number of needs that are going unmet because big businesses decided it wasn’t worth their while to meet them, while the government-enforced barriers to smaller business can often be evaded by an enterprising individual who doesn’t mind keeping things on a small and local scale.”
