On War

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, A friend, a very fine historian, asked me to read and comment on this article by Spengler (David Goldman): Why Only Countries Willing To Take Risks Will Survive And Prosper.  Both as a friend and as a devotee…

The Gospel Is Not Play Dough

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT I knew instantly, from the headline at Instapundit, to which seminary she was going.  It could be only one. For decades, the churches have taken the Gospel as play dough to…

Three Brothers Doctrine: The Law Of Expansion

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Event X or Trend Y could cause major long-term changes/damage is the favorite claim of pundits. It also has the same odds as the lottery. DanLeRoy…

Al Saud’s Salafi Jihad: The Major Islamic Menace

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT As destructive and evil as Iran’s clerics are, directly and through proxies, in quantity and quality it’s al Saud’s decades-long support for Pan-Arab Hegemony, through Salafist Jihad, that most afflicts the…

I Am A Franciscan At Heart

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT I get to swim with the big guys, and through the nets which catch them. I embody the Catholic content of the Anglican, Protestant and Reformed Communions. This embodiment is peace…

Comments On National Sovereignty

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Over several weeks now I have been drawn to comment, on others’ blogs, on the subject of USA national sovereignty and the phenomenon of sovereignty en soi.  For example: ……… In…

By Americans, For Americans

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, Today Richard Fernandez discusses the power of naming.  I commented: To name something is to have power over it. Anti-Americans cannot have power over America so they have to rename Her and all Her aspects so they can have power over that…

Have A Little Fun With Them

RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, Over at Power Line today Steven Hayward posted in mock-disbelief regarding an interview of one ripe fruit — or fruity ripe — named John D. Caputo, by The New York Slimes.  In the comments to Hayward’s post, one Steven Litvintchouk lets forth at Hayward…

Post-Antinomian-Trifecta Thoughts

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.  Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT John Hinderaker at Power Line posts under title Should Conservatives Give Up On The Supreme Court.  With edits here, I commented: I concur with [Andy] McCarthy on his analysis and beg leave to…

CTC: Tragedy For West Point

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Sidelines indeed.  Challengers, yet.  This work by Arie Perliger for West Point’s Combatting Terrorism Center looks cribbed from the Southern Poverty Communist Law Center: sanctimonious stupidity and utter crap. Perliger relies on the assumption that everything is merely…

Aunt Agathas

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Steven Hayward today at Power Line wrote incredulously about Democrats nominating Al Gore for President in 2016.  The NYT floated the first trial balloon and Vox grabbed it.  I commented as follows,…

Further Thoughts: A New Strategic Grasp

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT [The original post on a new strategic grasp is here.] Writing under title The Mystery At Idlib, Richard Fernandez at PJMedia provides important data points for strategic reflection. Prolific internet commenter Subotai Bahadur…

Let The Churches Regain Moral Authority

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Moral authority derives from moral courage.  The churches lack moral authority because they lack moral courage.  They are storefronts for socialist political movements.  Can the churches regain moral authority, and if…

Empathicalism

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT This is delightful, a regular calisthenics for the learned.  It reminds one of a genius’ conversations with people he truly despises … dripping with disgust only barely veiled by large words that mean…

The Question Of Authority And Father Meloise Meehan, OSB

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Many times and oft upon these inter-webs have I treated the subject of authority. It was the Winter of 1967-8.  I was completing a one-year internship — from The Union Theological Seminary, New York…

Pax Laticana

Chaitanya Jyothi Museum Opening, 2000 RAMANAM In the Name of The Father, and of The Son and of The Holy Spirit, Amen. Countrymen, ORBIS NON SUFFICIT SOLUS DEUS SUFFICIT Without enforcement of the Pax Americana, the World becomes a very dangerous place for The United States and it’s peoples. Bob Belvedere, The Camp Of The Saints I commented: Concur with…