Author Archives: Anthony Chase Fountain

Your Tatler doesn’t tarry much at Facebook these days, but I was alerted to a post by Fr Peter West, an estimable man and an estimable Catholic. The list he compiled, posted below, speaks for itself (res ipsa loquitur) and requires no commentary. None is offered, save for thanks to Fr West. You may find FrContinue reading “One might detect a trend here”

‘Drugs’ found at NY seminary actually priceless relics of Brooklyn’s Saint Raphael NY Post: “Drug-sniffing dogs swarmed St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary last week when cops were alerted to possible illegal narcotics that had spilled out of their special container on the scenic, tree-covered campus,  WABC reported.” It turns out it was a seminarian whoContinue reading “Oops!”

Kids, don’t try this at home without an adult present . . . oh. (A newly commissioned mural at St Patrick’s Cathedral opened to the public yesterday.) h/t GWR

Someone please inform our Catholic leadership. The excellent journalist and artist Maureen Mullarkey, whom all reasonable people should read, has posted on her website Studio Matters, a fine essay about the aftermath of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the likeable and earnest founder of the conservative advocacy group, Turning Point. In prose both clear and lucid,Continue reading “There’s a sea change  coming, here and abroad”

98 years old and still working. Blomstedt is the subject of an Australian Broadcast Corp report about him, with some memorable quotes. Excerpts:, “I’m not so naïve that I think everybody goes out of the concert hall after a Bruckner symphony saying, ‘I won’t do so many bad things tomorrow. I’ll treat my wife nicer.’Continue reading “Conducting-great Herbert Blomstedt”

The incident leading to the apology by Office Depot was detailed in yesterday’s New York Post. Specifically, an Office Depot employee refused a customer’s request to print a poster consisting of a photo of the assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk and an announcement of a vigil to mourn his death. The employee claimed it was “propaganda”Continue reading “A small act, but a major change in our culture?”

The slain Charlie Kirk, a truly righteous and godly man is seen in the video above, politely mopping the floor with a college woman (with purple hair) on her knowledge of scripture. As one would expect of the late Mr Kirk, whose young life was cruelly snuffed out a few days ago, he debated theContinue reading “Ill-informed Catholics”

—President Trump President Trump announced today that a suspect has been arrested for Charlie Kirk’s assassination. “I think, with a high degree of certainty, we have him,” Trump told “Fox & Friends” during a live interview at the cable giant’s Manhattan studio. I wonder how this case will be handled in our present justice system.Continue reading “Got him”

The look of knowing you have only seconds to live The 23-year-old victim,[Iryna Zarutska] had come to the United States to escape the war in Ukraine. She loved America. We’re going to bury her here,” the family told [FBI Agent] Barnacle—NY Post Meanwhile, Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles, displaying great compassion, has instructed those appalled byContinue reading “Terrorism up close”