Author Archives: RLMartin

Living with tares

My brother and I were driving through Kansas recently, talking about deep philosophical and political topics. We were on the topic of why there is evil in the world, trying to figure out who is causing all the harm to society. The list was pretty long and included socialists, technocrats, leftists, LGBTQ radicals, RINOs, ourselves,ContinueContinue reading “Living with tares”

The Eucharist and our DNA

You’ve heard the old saying, “You are what you eat.” Well, there’s a new field of study called Nutrigenomics, a branch of nutritional genomics that studies the effects of foods on gene expression. It turns out that the saying is quite literally true. What we eat does have an effect on our genes. Therefore, it’sContinueContinue reading “The Eucharist and our DNA”

A lesson from Leibowitz: The conflict of Mary and Martha

At the end of the novel A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter Miller presents a disturbing character named Mrs. Grales, a tomato farmer who hawks her tomatoes to the cooks at the abbey of St. Leibowitz. But Mrs. Grales is more than just a farmer; she is a freak. On the side of her neck growsContinueContinue reading “A lesson from Leibowitz: The conflict of Mary and Martha”

When reason and emotions fail there is communion

A few years ago, I was making a holy hour of adoration in front of the blessed sacrament. (That’s Catholic speak for I was praying in front of the Host that we believe is the body of Christ.) I was contemplating a troublesome question. Can’t remember exactly what I was thinking about, but whatever itContinueContinue reading “When reason and emotions fail there is communion”

Healthy Youth Survey

Here are the questions that the Healthy Youth Survey asked of 8th, 10th, and 12th graders in 2023 https://www.askhys.net/SurveyResults/FactSheets Sexual Behavior, 2023 Sexual Behavior fact sheet not available for Grade 6 Ever had sex HYS question and response options: • How old were you when you had sex for the first time? 1. I haveContinueContinue reading “Healthy Youth Survey”

Killing freedoms with Public Private Partnerships

I got a traffic ticket in the mail several months ago from Tacoma Municipal court. A traffic camera filmed me not fully stopping at a red light when I was turning right. The bill itself had to be paid on a website called, euphemistically, Zero Fatality. Zero Fatality is operated by Novoaglobal, which operates inContinueContinue reading “Killing freedoms with Public Private Partnerships”

The HHS pronoun mandate will only cause confusion

Note that the third person pronouns, they and them, are already gender-less pronouns. The fact that the creators of these new pronouns have felt the need to create new third-person pronouns shows that they only want to cause confusion. They don’t care about helping others feel better about themselves.