Monthly Archives: December 2012

Having taken most of the year off from blogging and podcasting, I now come to the end of my hiatus. At least, that’s the plan; resolutions can be slippery!  In previous years I’ve done a year-in-review audio snapshot of the … Continue reading →

On this day in 1968, the crew of the Apollo 8 spacecraft returned to a course for Earth after orbiting the moon 10 times over 20 hours. They were the first humans to ever leave our planet’s orbit, and the … Continue reading →

Taken from today’s edition of The Writer’s Almanac: It was on this day in 1818 that the carol “Silent Night” (Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht!) was first performed at the Church of St. Nicholas in Oberndorf, Bavaria. Father Joseph Mohr was … Continue reading →

by Anthony Esolen The student congress at Harvard, America’s most prestigious “institution of higher learning,” as the euphemism goes, has voted to provide funds to a campus group promoting sadomasochistic sex. Members of the Love and Fidelity Network, a group … Continue reading →