In the 1550s the Society of Jesus was formed by the soldier-monk, Ignatius Loyola, and became, for all intents and purposes, the missionary-military arm of the Catholic Church in its counter-reformation against the Reformation, with which the Church hoped to stem the tide…
The Invisible Hand If you believe that America was created by an Invisible Hand, then logic requires you to also believe that America was also created for a purpose. Nowadays few of us really pause to think about what this purpose might be. While we may…
I’ve written about this in other contexts over the past few years, but it’s time for another update considering the unexpected popularity of Donald Trump with segments of American society no one would have dreamed he could reach out to, or…