Remember HAL? For those whose memories may not go back that far, HAL (Heuristically Programmed Algorithmic Computer) was the murderous artificial intelligence machine in Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film “2001: A […]
Thanksgiving is one of those few national holidays when a semi-religious sentiment is allowed. It peeks through in reply to two obvious questions: Thanksgiving to whom, and Thanksgiving for what? […]
“This mountain’s of such sort that climbing it is hardest at the start; but as we rise, the slope grows less unkind.” The speaker is the Roman poet Virgil, Dante’s […]
When the Supreme Court opens for business again on Monday, October 7, it will have before it for argument and eventual decision at least three cases directly involving the protection […]
Parishes closing or consolidating. Fewer and fewer people at Sunday Mass. An aging corps of priests and not enough new vocations to take their place. These and similar items combine […]
One needn’t be a big fan of U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy to see the California Republican’s ouster as Speaker of the House of Representatives as a significant low point in […]
