G.K. Chesterton, a Catholic, wrote in Orthodoxy, “The modern world is not evil; in some ways the modern world is far too good. It is full of wild and wasted virtues. When a religious scheme is shattered (as Christianity was shattered at the Reformation), it is not merely the vices that are let loose. The […]

But what great matter is this, if you who are but dust and a mere nothing, submit yourself to man for God’s sake, when I the Almighty, and the Most High, Who created all things out of nothing for thy sake, humbly subjected Myself to man. I became the most humble and the most abject […]

Generally I am against term limits. Even in the very few places that have them, I have not seen any evidence that they either increase the quality of legislative production or decrease the amount of cronyism and corruption that is present in the system. Rather, term limits work to slowly turn power over to non-elected […]

The media above speaks for itself. Warning, be careful not to be drinking milk while watching the video above. It might shoot out your nose. LOL. Thanks to one of the regular authors at Internetmonk.com.

I saw the video above–from WTOP–and found myself wondering whether this was a visual representation of how the sequester would work. Yes, I admit that it is a bad pun on the day before sequestering hits. But, I could not resist. We are in for an interesting roller coaster ride over the next few months. […]

The Assembly of Orthodox Bishops has posted some informative material on their website. One of the has to do with geographic patterns of Orthodox life in the USA. Just to give you an idea of some of the interesting information you can find. Let me post a couple of notes for you. Which state in […]