Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 3:25PM NOTRadio George Washington, the first president of the United States, served from 1789 to 1797 in that capacity. A popular slogan concerning him was that he was “first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.” On December 13, 1799, Washington (aged 67 years) was exposed to a storm of sleet and developed a cold. He rested in bed at his home...
Saturday, April 30, 2011 at 1:07AM NOTRadio "The masterpiece of Satan is Popery ... It is undeniable that some of the most eminent ... are straining their utmost to effect the union of their community with Rome, and their admiration for everything Popish is undisguised. Yet we are to recognize this ... as the great bulwark of Protestantism! We will believe it when we believe wolves to be the guardians of sheepfolds...
Saturday, April 30, 2011 at 12:56AM NOTRadio Karl Marx, who famously described religion as “the opium of the people”, has joined Galileo, Charles Darwin and Oscar Wilde on a growing list of historical figures to have undergone an unlikely reappraisal by the Roman Catholic Church. L’Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, said yesterday that Marx’s early critiques of capitalism had highlighted the “social alienation” felt by the...
Saturday, April 30, 2011 at 12:51AM NOTRadio Today there are barely half as many Jesuits at Georgetown, the order’s flagship university. Gonzaga, a Jesuit high school in Northwest Washington, is down to 17, compared with 43 in 1970. There’s talk that St. Aloysius, a Jesuit parish in the District known for its social justice efforts, could close when the last remaining Jesuit leaves. And there are no full-time Jesuit staff members at the Washington Jesuit Academy, where the board chairman is Jewish...
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 10:31PM NOTRadio I try not to cloud my readers’ minds with the twaddle that seems to be everywhere today especially in the halls of academia. The subject of ‘Preterism’ seems to be enjoying a revival of some sort today...
