Author Archives: Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq.

Bad art speaks for itself, but this is even worse. Other than the hideous colors in this fresco, located in the Madonna della Difesa Church in Montreal, there is something else even more disturbing about it. From Fabrizio Bernardi: Mussolini in Montreal 10 Novembre 2021 di Fabrizio Bernardi The picture shown in this entry is from aContinue reading “Something should probably be done about this.”

Benedict XVI Requiescat in pace. From the Daily Caller. Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni said Pope Francis will preside over his predecessor’s funeral on 5 January at 9.30 CET in St. Peter’s Square, according to Vatican News. It would be a gracious and loving tribute to the man who brought so many, including this writer, toContinue reading

At the end of a historic, productive session of Congress full of bipartisan results, I still have a few bills left to sign. Take a guess how long it took me to sign a stack of 65 of them. pic.twitter.com/kP1Tc2fV4c — President Biden (@POTUS) December 29, 2022 This is extraordinary. The man’s mind (such asContinue reading “Second Childhood.”

An ancestor’s bill for tuition and boarding, Yale College, 1882. $52.98.

Even if they’re not Anglicans. From the Daily Mail. Britain’s most senior Roman Catholic cleric has hit out at the ‘woke’ rewriting of Christmas carols. Cardinal Vincent Nichols said preserving traditional songs was more important than ‘sensitivities which come and go’. His comments came after a Church of England carol service sparked outrage by featuring an ‘inclusive’ versionContinue reading “Would that more prelates could screw up their courage and have at these wayward souls.”

More foolishness from the Jesuits. From America, the organ of the Jesuits: Pope Francis was finally asked the question we have always wanted to hear him answer—what would he say to a woman feeling the pain of a sincerely discerned and unfulfilled call to priesthood? Unfortunately, when asked that pastoral question by executive editor KerryContinue reading “Clement XIV, pray for us.”

Lower, lower, lower, he sinks. Question: Will we ever reach the point where even Democrats concede this drooling idiot in the White House is unfit for office? Answer: No. From the New York Post: A befuddled President Biden casually maligned the Irish while botching his wife’s family history during a gaffe-filled appearance in Delaware onContinue reading “Reaching bottom?”

From here. The late William F. Buckley, founder of the National Review, now only a faint semblance of its former self when the founder was still alive, once said, to great wailing and gnashing of the teeth from his targets: “Liberals don’t care what you do so long as it’s compulsory.” That was long agoContinue reading “What residents of the Empire State may look forward to in the coming year.”