Mandeville, LA – [The following is excerpted from Joseph Pearce’s review of a new book; and particularly George Weigel’s Introduction to it, by Don J. Briel, Renewal of Catholic Higher Education, it is edited for continuity.- Ed. M.C.] It’s sad but true that bunkers are sometimes necessary as places to which we need to retreat,...Read More

Mandeville, LA – “I myself had a characteristic experience in this respect. Some years before his death, I had the privilege of a discussion with Benedetto Croce, one of the greatest minds of our age. I had put forward the proposition that any society, in all its aspects, is always a unit in which the...Read More

Mandeville, LA  – [Editor’s note: While visiting with Mr. Aidan Mackey, in Oxford, Oxfordshire England, he receommended I read Hillaire Belloc’s poem, In Praise of Wine. I did and so enjoyed it, I’m sharing the conclusion here. Long live ChesterBelloc! – MC – Ed.] When from the waste of such long labour done I too must...Read More

Mandeville, LA – [Editor’s note: On the Mike Church Show I have maintained since 2013 that there can be nothing “conservative” that doesn’t first acknowledge why something is worth “conserving” i.e. because God made it for the benefit of Man. Mister Matthew Johnson has put this into writing, True conservatives, please share, – Ed. M.C.]...Read More

Mandeville, LA – IT is most interesting to observe how the foundations of the present intellectual greatness of Europe were laid, and most wonderful to think that they were ever laid at all. Let us consider how wide and how high is the platform of our knowledge at this day, and what openings in every direction...Read More

Mandeville, LA – “Joachim and Anne were the parents of Mary. Joachim kept as strict a watch over his thoughts as a shepherd over his flock, having them entirely under his control. For the Lord God led him as a sheep, and he wanted for none of the best things. When I say best, let...Read More