Etheldredasplace

Language is the key to understanding a person's political stand and philosophy of life. One way Catholics can sense or hear that a perso...

Bismarck in Germany, Croce in Italy (according to some), Dewey in America, Lenin in Russia (although he never wrote an article on pedagogy),...

I attended a wedding earlier this year in Ireland. The bridesmaids wore strapless dresses and no jackets. The bride, not a "smal...

Two important notes in the press today. One, from the great Spencer, that the Coptic Christians have removed themselves from  constitutional...

Image thanks to Hermeneutic of Continuity Timothy Radcliffe commenting on the debate over so-called "gay marriage" is an attemp...

I actually picked up and read a few articles in The Tablet today, and my hands did not dissolve into leprosy. However, the stupidity and pol...

Edmund Campion and Ignatius would not agree with this statement, found on Mirror of Justice, one of my favorite blogs listed on my blog list...

Take a look at this....the States are in trouble if the Narcissist can get away with this and has his party's support. Ugh! http://www...

A long time ago in another universe, I lived and worked in Alberta, Canada. For awhile, I worked for Wisdom Home Schooling, and for the spok...

Loyalty and friendship? I have written here about the youth across America and Europe living with parents. I have written about the high ...

In England, there is or has been an interesting photographic exhibit which proves a point of this post. The exhibit is called "Unordina...

Does that phrase in quotations sound familiar? No, it is not POTUS, but the title of the conference of women priests in Sweden in 2010. The ...

I usually do not post this much (7th post today), but here is an interesting development. Zenit has a critical report on Boko Haram,...

The current events in America and the lack of Faith in Europe point to a common omission in the past forty years on the part of catechesis...

St. Nicholas striking Arius at the Council Look at the fantastic, but chilling article from another blog by a Mr.   Badeaux , sent to ...

Because of the great Dr. Sanity , and because I am surrounded by people who have created their own worlds and are completely out of touch wi...

On Father Ray Blake's blog today is the posting of the sacrilegious selling of Church plate, and other sacred objects at the upcoming ...

Did many notice Obama's stand against homeschooling in his address this week? When I home schooled, I belonged to the Home School Legal ...

Some people's minds, and maybe their hearts, are like the Circumlocution Office in Little Dorrit , my favorite book-read it at le...

In America, now, almost 20% of young men from the ages of 25-34 live with their parents. In England, 25% of young men from 25-29 live wi...