Since his promotion to the Major Leagues in 2013, there is no player potentially more exciting than Billy Hamilton. Considered the fastest man in baseball, Hamilton appears able to steal bases at will, embarrassing even the likes of the mighty...
Holy Saturday is perhaps the most mysterious day in the liturgical calendar. On this day, God is silent; He is in the tomb. The Church is silent as well; no liturgies are celebrated for the day. From the end of the Good Friday liturgy to the...
Back in January, before the #NeverTrump movement really got a head of steam, I wrote a short article expressing why I will never, ever vote for Donald Trump. Others expressed similar sentiments during the primaries. Now that The Donald is the...
Over the past few years, we’ve all seen articles advising people what to do in an active shooter situation. The advice usually goes, “run, hide, fight.” But many articles point out that the biggest challenge for responding to a crisis isn’t...
Even by cryptocurrency standards, “The DAO” received a lion’s share of hype upon its release. Publicized as a truly decentralized autonomous organization, The DAO promised to be the future of smart contracts. However, last week someone exploited...
I’ve never been one to have mystical experiences. My prayer life usually consists of me reading a spiritual text, meditating on it, and then saying some prayers. I don’t hear anything from God. I don’t experience any visions. However...
I’ve always been a bit of an Anglophile, and I come by it honestly. My family tree is littered with immigrants from England, and I can trace the Sammons line (formerly Salmon) back to John Salmon, who emigrated from Fenstanton, England in the...
My favorite baseball team, the Cincinnati Reds, are bad. And by “bad” I mean hideously, unwatchably, bad. They are currently in last-place in the NL Central, already 19 games out of first place, and they have the 3rd-worst record in the major...
If it wasn’t such a tragedy, this weekend’s events in Orlando would almost seem like a terribly inappropriate joke: an Islamic terrorist opens fire with assault weapons in a gay club, killing over 50 people. We have a trifecta of flash points in...
For years now I have considered myself “libertarian-ish.” It became clear to me a while back that the increasing size and scope of government is a significant problem in our country; in fact, I believe it’s today’s fundamental political issue. In...
“So you think I’m a sinner?” I had just finished giving a parish talk to a group of about 40 people on the topic of mercy. In my talk I noted that everyone needs mercy, because we’re all sinners. I didn’t particularly dwell on the topic, but I...
Everyone in the crypto world has been talking about the “Civil War,” and not the one involving Captain America and Iron Man. No, the civil war they are referring to is the Bitcoin civil war, a rancorous year-long battle for control centered on...
