Archives for 2014

From a news story written by a professor who teaches at St. Tikhon’s in Russia. The biggest publishing news of recent years has been Everyday Saints (literally translated, Unholy Holy People), in which Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov), head of Sretensky Monastery and reputed spiritual counselor to President Putin, offers a series of vignettes about his journey […]

We have three daughters, a couple of sons-in-law and all our grandkids here for Mother’s Day. The comic above expresses how I feel. Now, if only I could convince them that Father’s Day rates the same response. Sadly, it will only be telephone calls. SIGH!

I am not a Kantian. However, a couple of the summaries above had me thinking of some of the events of the last couple of months. And, in particular, in a libertarian oriented democracy like ours, the third saying is a very powerful summary. “If you should be free to do something, then so should […]

We all have been taught geography in school and shown maps of the world. But, back in 1977, a man named Peters grabbed a map from an 1855 English clergyman, named Gall, and peddled it as his own map. Worse, he peddled it as a more “socially” and “geographically” accurate portrayal of the Earth than […]

An important decision came from the Supreme Court today. Another small reversal in the wall that was built between Church and State in the mid-1900s was announced today. The Supreme Court decided 5-4 that minister-led prayer could take place at the beginning of city council meetings, with certain specifications. One, the civic body must give […]

Yesterday, I posted the response of Fr. Peter Jon Gillquist and his church to the contretemps about the Traditionalist Youth Network (TYN). The TYN has responded and made several points worth highlighting. I urge you to read their entire statement. “Our priest knew of our actual stated beliefs, from our own mouths, after having seen […]

Statement Regarding Matthew Heimbach On Saturday, April 12, 2014, I received Matthew Heimbach into the Orthodox communion through the sacrament of Chrismation.  I did not understand at that time that he held nationalistic, segregationist views.  Immediately upon learning of the scope and development of Matthew’s views, I responded to his decisions quickly and decisively, meeting […]

The Treaty of Tripoli (Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the United States of America and the Bey and Subjects of Tripoli of Barbary) was the first treaty concluded between the United States of America and Tripolitania, signed at Tripoli on November 4, 1796, and at Algiers (for a third-party witness) on January 3, 1797. […]