The purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, not to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the… Continue Reading →
Even in such crucibles, even in periods of transition, when we get to choose between greatness and stillness like the ones I now struggle with, there seems to be a single thing that remains untainted by instability and the mortal edge of history: love.
In the years leading up to the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, the Ottoman Empire was the strongest and fiercest military in the world, steadily expanding its dominion in Asia, Africa, and Europe. Venice, once a maritime powerhouse, had made… Continue Reading →
We are undergoing a new technological revolution. The so-called “fourth phase” is featured by the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data, which are usually inter-connected. The amount of available data is speedly increasing, in such an exponential way…. Continue Reading →
VITIUM CONSENSUS A fructibus eorum cognoscetis eos.Numquid colligunt de spinis uvas aut de tribulis ficus?Sic omnis arbor bona fructus bonos facit; mala autem arbor fructus malos facit.Non potest arbor bona fructus malos facere, neque arbor mala fructus bonos facere.Omnis arbor… Continue Reading →
The Inquisition, a term that conjures images of religious persecution and intolerance, was a complex institution that spanned centuries and continents. Often associated with the Catholic Church, the Inquisition was not chiefly the work of ecclesiastical authorities. State governments played… Continue Reading →
We’ve been bombarded with attacks from trolls who claim that the Catholic Church is nothing but a pedophile ring for years but the attacks seem to be ramping up. One troll in particular claims ad nauseam that “330,000 children in… Continue Reading →
Félixberto Javier came up with the idea of the Moses Gadsden flag in response to the St. Michael Gadsden flag that conflated the rattlesnake and the Devil as if not wanting to be harmed is evil: This one is a… Continue Reading →
My poetry may still be private, meant for the eyes of my friends in their happiness or sadness, and specially for my muses in my shortsighted infatuations, but they intend to become a testament to my life and my emotions.
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