In the Nazi-Occupied France of 1943, the Gestapo visited the French publishing house Fayard to break the plates of a new book they were publishing. So what was the Gestapo stopping the presses on? How to Help the Allies When They Finally Get Around to Invading France? Hardly. The book they were so concerned about …
On the Creation of the Universe: Before the Creation, There Was Nothing But God
Continuing in Bossuet's Elevations on the Mysteries, III, 2: Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes (Genesis 18:27)  And of what do I speak to you, O Lord? By where can I better begin to speak with you than the place where you began to …
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The Country Where Merit is Run Down
It's that time of the year again when we hear what used to be non-controversial but is now explosive: graduation speeches. As I have said before, I don't expect to get invited to give one of these, not unless the institution has more guts--and I more fame--than is presently evident. So I stick to writing …
On the Creation of the Universe: God is Not Greater, Nor Happier, For Having Created the Universe
We're back to Bossuet, starting another series of Elevations on the Mysteries, III, 1: Collecting my thoughts in myself, only seeing in me sin, imperfection and nothingness, I see in the same time, above me, a happy and perfect nature: and I say to him in myself with the Psalmist: You are my God, you …
Daniel-Rops on the One God
From his Sacred History:  Moses is, in the Hebrew religious history, the man who revealed the name of God. In the encounter of the burning bush, he had exclaimed, "Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they …
My Fifteen Seconds of Fame, Thanks to Atterberg Limits
Which I must explain for the benefit of my university during the recent American Society of Civil Engineers Southeast Regional student competition:
Improved Methods for Forward and Inverse Solution of the Wave Equation for Piles: Research Day 2015
For those of you who care, following is a graphical summary of the status of this research, presented today at UTC's Research Day. More on this ongoing project is here.
Sometimes It Pays to Give Your Professor a Little Attention
I've been forced to broaden my horizons in my PhD pursuit. That's because, although I've done coding since I was eighteen, I've had to acquire a deeper understanding for two things: linear algebra and numerical methods. It's no understatement to say that both of these are at the core of the advances wrought by computerisation, …
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The Assault on Christians Wasn't Supposed to Happen This Fast
Back in 2006, before the accession of the current Occupant, I began to write a little novel entitled The Ten Weeks. It describes, among other things, the result of a democratically elected left-wing government and how it, using the sexual revolution as one of its weapons (and mob action as another), took progressive power in …
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Duck and Cover Catholicism? Maybe, Maybe Not.
R.R. Reno at First Things isn't happy: Some months ago, IÂ predicted that Catholicism in America would basically accommodate itself to whatever sexual regime dominates our society. The accommodation won't be explicit. The Church won't endorse homosexuality or gay marriage. Instead, the bishops will step aside, avoid controversy, and just stop talking about things that carry …
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Positive Infinity 