Podcast: Download MYS228: The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 is well-known, but as Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss it was followed in November by a second, secret Cuban missile crisis that the Soviets hid from the world. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this episode and… Continue reading The Secret Cuban Missile Crisis (Mikoyan, Castro, Kennedy, Khrushchev, November 1962)
A Numerical Mystery From the 19th Century Finally Gets Solved
Explore In the early 1950s, a group of researchers at the Institute for Advanced Study embarked on a high-tech project. At the behest of John von Neumann and Herman Goldstine, the physicist Hedvig Selberg programmed the IAS’s 1,700-vacuum-tube computer to calculate curious mathematical sums whose origins stretched back to the 18th century. The sums were related to… Continue reading A Numerical Mystery From the 19th Century Finally Gets Solved
California’s Ambitious Decarbonization Plan Hasn’t Been Future-Proofed
This week the California Air Resources Board is expected to approve what’s known as its 2022 Scoping Plan, the blueprint to make the state, the world’s fourth-largest economy, carbon-neutral by 2045. The plan is beyond ambitious. “It’ll spur an economic transformation akin to the Industrial Revolution,” Gov. Gavin Newsom declared when it was released last… Continue reading California’s Ambitious Decarbonization Plan Hasn’t Been Future-Proofed
The Importance of Preaching – Fr. Ezra Sullivan
After prayer and the administration of the sacraments, preaching is the most important work that a priest is called to do. Preaching may be understood as a prophetic task, in which the priest stands in place of Christ and mediates the truths of God to the people to whom he is sent: here, by preaching,… Continue reading The Importance of Preaching – Fr. Ezra Sullivan
8 In 10 Americans Think Hunter Biden Laptop Cover-Up Changed Election Outcome; Poll Finds
Authored by Paul Sperry via The Epoch Times, A whopping 79 percent of Americans suggest President Donald Trump likely would have won reelection if voters had known the truth about Hunter Biden’s laptop – that it was real and not “Russian disinformation,” as intelligence officials aligned with Joe Biden falsely led the public to believe,… Continue reading 8 In 10 Americans Think Hunter Biden Laptop Cover-Up Changed Election Outcome; Poll Finds
Ellen Gould White (Seventh-Day Adventist Prophet)
Podcast: Download MYS229: Ellen G. White was co-founder and prophetess of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli look at the life of this woman and what her visions disclosed and then ask whether she was a genuine prophetess. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Follow by Email | Watch this… Continue reading Ellen Gould White (Seventh-Day Adventist Prophet)
We Only Think We Flush It Away
The epitome of modern convenience, our toilets make waste disappear with incredible efficiency and ease. We seldom think twice about pulling the lever or about where all that swirls down the pipes ends up afterward. But the massive mazes of sewage pipes underneath our towns and cities ultimately lead to some body of water nearby,… Continue reading We Only Think We Flush It Away
Hospital Woes and Avoiding an Emergency Room
With hospital space at a premium these days, it’s becoming more important than ever to take steps to avoid them if possible. Recently we came across this great article from Edwin Leap, discussing some tips for avoiding the emergency room and things to consider if you do have to end up taking a trip to… Continue reading Hospital Woes and Avoiding an Emergency Room
The Trouble with Russian Blacklisting
I’ve officially been banned from setting foot in Russia. Last month, I discovered I was number 44 on the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ latest list of banished Americans. Like more than 1,200 other Americans, I now stand accused of having a hand in the “promotion of the Russophobic campaign and support for the regime… Continue reading The Trouble with Russian Blacklisting
The Forgiveness of Sins Part 2
Editor’s note: This article is part 16 of a series, “The Kingdom of Grace.” Part 15 can be found here. Baptism not only washes away personal sins, but also forgives original sin. It forgives original sin both in adults who are baptized and “in tiny infants who have not yet committed personal sin” (CCC 405).… Continue reading The Forgiveness of Sins Part 2