It was my pleasure to review Brian Potter's The Origins of Efficiency for American Compass's Commonplace. One of the most moving victories of re-engineering that Potter describes is the production of penicillin on an industrial scale. The mold first discovered by Alexander Fleming was finicky, and the lifesaving antibiotic it produced was hard to isolate.… Read More
Month: October 2025
A Pastoral Ideological Turing Test
Charlotte's Bishop is shunting all the Traditional Latin Mass communities to a single site, specifically chosen because it can only hold about a quarter of those who currently seek out the Extraordinary Form. I have a paywalled op-ed for The Pillar (they're worth it!) with a prayer for what could happen next. If he wants… Read More