I have been hospitalized for three more weeks. I entered for surgery on an esophageal hernia repair, was told to expect a stayover of one night but to pack for two nights “just in case.” “Just in case” of what?…
Last night, during the eclipse, I was having a few drinks. That’s not the news. The news is that I was having drinks with a retired paratrooper who put his life on the line during various special operations in the…
George Orwell fought to save language. I was blessed with a ninth-grade English teacher who assigned us not 1984 but Orwell’s essays. He aimed to make us not only good stylists, as Orwell’s instructions and example teaches crispness and clarity,…
When Pope Francis announced last July that he would create 21 new cardinals, longtime Vatican watcher John L. Allen Jr. immediately noted the significant number of “papabili” — possible papal candidates — on the list. Of these candidates, Allen noted…
“Holy Week is a small pilgrimage to the Holy Land,” said Fr. Juan María Solana, LC, director of the Magdala Center in St. Mary Magdalene’s hometown of Migdal, Israel. “It’s accompanying Jesus more or less in a chronological and geographical…
Ah, the United Nations is finally reacting to the atrocities of Oct. 7! First, the UN cleaned house. Its United Nations Relief and Works Agency, or UNRWA, which has educated generations of Arab children to hate Jews and Israel, and whose…
It has seemed likely for several weeks that Israel would attack Rafah, reportedly the last holdout of Hamas’ forces, on Purim, which began a few hours ago. Nothing would make more sense. Purim is a time to remember that when…
Last week, Chuck Schumer called for regime change in Israel. Using language reserved for petty despots around the world, he called for the removal from office not of the bloody, orgiastic Hamas thugocracy, not of Prime Minister Barbecue, not the…
Sometimes, the indefensible becomes indefensible. Conservative provocateur and professional celebrity-feuder Candace Owens is out at the Daily Wire as of Friday morning. “Daily Wire and Candace Owens have ended their relationship,” Daily Wire co-founder Jeremy Boreing announced on X. “I…
