Viewing the World through the Lens of History and Subsidiarity
106 years ago – April 14/15, 1912 – one of the most tragic failures in the history of government regulation played out in the North Atlantic Ocean, costing around 1500 people their lives. The ocean liner RMS Titanic, the largest…
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A prudent man must always follow in the footsteps of great men and imitate those who have been outstanding. If his own prowess fails to compare with theirs, at least it has an air of greatness about it… …a prince…
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Don’t let your life be sterile. Be useful. Blaze a trail. Shine forth with the light of your faith and of your love. – Saint Josemaria Escriva (The Way) A common practice among Christians observing the disciplines of the penitential season…
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This past week, the Congress of the United States passed a new $1.3 trillion 2,232 page omnibus spending package which almost no one even tried to read before being called to vote on it. Buried in the package is a…
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Reading the shocking news which came out of South Africa last week, one would feel like they were in a new episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. The South African government passed a law whereby land owned by white landowners…
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Election Day and it’s aftermath is always one of the most humorous times in the calendar for this author. Reading all the ‘evaluations’, the panic attacks and the victory crows as well as seeing the so-called ‘analysts’ trying to understand…
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Episode 1 The Inaugural Episode of “The Rural Sense Show”. The Instructive Scholar and Mr. Wilson discuss the NFL’s debacles in asking taxpayers to help cover the expenses of their multi-million dollar “palaces” also known as football stadiums and the…
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There will be no war, but in the struggle for peace not a stone will be left standing, as our Russian friends used to say. – George Smiley Author: John Le Carre Publisher: Viking Genre: Espionage Reading Level: Adult My…
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Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have unleashed destruction on Houston and Florida. I lived in Texas for four years during my undergraduate studies, so Harvey struck me particularly hard. This is the first time two category four hurricanes have hit the…
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Hawaii has always held a special place in my heart. With free plane rides from a pilot grandfather, I grew up on trips to Honolulu, and later on I fell in love with movies like Lilo and Stitch and Moana….
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