When Ilya Metchnikoff was 8 and running around on his parents’ Panassovka estate in Little Russia, now Ukraine, he was making notes on the local flora like a junior botanist. He gave science lectures to his older brothers and local kids whose attendance he assured by paying them from his pocket money. Metchnikoff earned the… Continue reading The Man Who Drank Cholera and Launched the Yogurt Craze – Issue 100: Outsiders
Civilization Requires Deterrence | RealClearPolitics
Deterrence is the ancient ability to scare somebody off from hurting you, your friends or your interests — without a major war. Desire peace? Then be prepared for war. Or so the Romans believed. It’s an easily understood concept in the abstract. But deterrence still remains a mystical quality in the concrete since it is… Continue reading Civilization Requires Deterrence | RealClearPolitics
Fauci Talks Boosters: Pfizer First As Moderna Delayed
As Israel’s “coronavirus czar” called on the country to prepare for a fourth shot of the Covid-19 vaccine while virus variants continue to evade the first three, American’s top infectious diseases specialist, Dr. Anthony Fauci, prepares the ever-trusting general public for a domestic booster shot program. According to Fauci, the US booster shot program will… Continue reading Fauci Talks Boosters: Pfizer First As Moderna Delayed
Did Jesus Die for Aliens? (And More Weird Questions!)
Podcast: Download MYS110: It’s a fifth Friday of the month, so Jimmy Akin is answering more weird questions, including did Jesus die to save extraterrestrials, too; can we get Jesus’ DNA from Eucharistic Miracles; Is man God’s favorite creature; how many angels can dance on the head of a pin; and more. Get all new… Continue reading Did Jesus Die for Aliens? (And More Weird Questions!)
What is a Shelf Registration?
As the U.S. sank into an economic downturn that was triggered by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, many public companies scrapped their buyback programs and reduced or scrapped dividend payments. For some companies, raising additional capital via venture capitalists or initial public offerings (IPO) also became necessary. But initial and secondary public offerings are… Continue reading What is a Shelf Registration?
How Taboos Can Help Protect the Oceans – Issue 100: Outsiders
In 1777—after whipping local people for trivial offenses, spreading venereal disease, and clumsily avoiding a plot to kill him—the English explorer James Cook left the shores of Tonga laden with treasures. Not least among them was a word scrawled in his ship’s logbook: tabu, which he defined as “a thing that is forbidden,” like a… Continue reading How Taboos Can Help Protect the Oceans – Issue 100: Outsiders
Supporting the Mental Health Needs of National Guard and Reserve Members
Over one million U.S. military service members are members of the National Guard or reserves. These troops are being tested like never before, yet they do not receive the same physical and mental health care coverage provided to their active-duty counterparts, a gap that a recently introduced bipartisan bill seeks to address. The year 2020… Continue reading Supporting the Mental Health Needs of National Guard and Reserve Members
Encounters with Angels – Odile Haumonte
It was the end of September, during the feast of the Holy Archangels. St. Angela tells us: While I was in the church in Foligno and desired to communicate, I prayed to the Holy Angels, and especially to St. Michael and the Angels of the Seraphim, and said: “O ministering Angels, who have the power… Continue reading Encounters with Angels – Odile Haumonte
Horse-Paste Hooey: How Left-Wing Lunatics Spread Yet Another Obvious Lie
If one wants to wrap their brain around why the leftist-establishment media complex has lost all credibility, this Tablet article by Konstantin Kisin from August is mandatory reading worth ten minutes of your time. A snippet: Imagine your outrage as you see news reports of a bunch of MAGA hat-wearing kids from a religious school… Continue reading Horse-Paste Hooey: How Left-Wing Lunatics Spread Yet Another Obvious Lie
God and the gods
Podcast: Download MYS112: Throughout human history, people in all cultures have sensed the divine and developed a bewildering arrays of beliefs and ideas. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore the conflict between belief in one God vs. many, the journey that God had led his people on through time, and how we should understand these… Continue reading God and the gods