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Overlook by Jon Mollison Book Review

Overlook [Silver Empire affiliate link] is another entry in the Heroes Unleashed universe, this time we get a spy novel in world of superheroes. Joe Smith, a man whose name is not the only forgettable thing about him, quietly supports himself as a penetration tester, hired by companies to test

The Long View 2007-09-07: Catholic Reformation; The Bottom Billion; Fortress Switzerland; Malingering Dinosaurs

Damian Thompson has had an interesting career. He has written on conspiracy theories, the Latin Mass, and apocalyptic beliefs. I don’t recall this blog post specifically, but I do remember reading Counterknowledge [Amazon link] in 2008. Catholic Reformation; The Bottom Billion; Fortress Switzerland; Malingering Dinosaurs I spoke to Damian

The Long View 2007-08-30: Anarchy! Orthography! Liturgy!

A bit of a return to current events commentary here. An item of interest is the response of the Patriarch of Moscow commenting on the motu proprio of Benedict XVI allowing greater freedom to celebrate the Latin mass. If you think the Second Vatican Council roiled Catholicism, you should see

Expedition to Eden by J. Manfred Weichsel Book Review

Expedition to Eden [Amazon link] is book of fantastic adventure that also shines a light on a fascinating little bit of American history: the escape of John Surratt. While of course also talking about fallen angels, Nephilim, and the Papal Zouaves. John Surratt was the son of Mary Surratt, the

White Winter by D. J. Bodden Book Review

The Balance is everything. It is what enables vampires and werewolves and far stranger things to co-exist with ordinary people, after a fashion. But after Jonas thwarts an attempt by the Order to take control of the Agency, the supernatural law enforcement that maintains the Balance, it becomes clear that

The Long View 2007-07-11: Let's Pick on First Things

Under editor Rusty Reno, First Things has posted a slate of articles recently about the post-liberal future, which in some ways could be seen as a change from the pro-democracy stance First Things took under Father Neuhaus. However, there was the famous End of Democracy issue in 1996 that caused

A Bitter Trial: Evelyn Waugh and John Cardinal Heenan on the Liturgical Changes Book Review

With my re-posting of John J. Reilly’s commentary on Summorum Pontificum yesterday, it seemed like a good time to review this book I read a couple of years ago. Evelyn Waugh is one of the most famous, perhaps the most famous English novelist of the twentieth century. Brideshead is