Ever since Gail and I “cut the cable,” we’ve become devotees of the many alternative news sources that are found on YouTube, Rumble, Odysee and the like. Mainly because you won’t find actual news on the cable news networks anymore –even FOX. (Especially FOX.) We also find many alternative sites which highlight interesting people, like […]
Midterm Post-Mortem: It’s the Economy Stupid?!
November 15, 2022 by
OK, so what happened? Why didn’t the Red Wave materialize? Actually, it did. Overall, the Republicans got 6 million more votes than the Democrat Party. Like the pollsters predicted, that’s a R+4 win by any stretch of the imagination. Not that anyone can trust the polls. The popularity of the GOP is often underestimated as […]
FTX: A Case of Sleight of Hand
November 14, 2022 by
Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) was the founder and CEO of FTX, the second largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world. Just days ago, he rocked the crypto world by filing for bankruptcy. What went wrong? The backstory is that he invested $39.9 million of his investor’s money, including another $35 million, in three different political action committees […]
The World According to Gail (Again)
November 12, 2022 by
What we need is a president in office who will issue an executive order to put some boundaries around elections. This process must have some “teeth” to ensure fair elections in the future. These are my suggestions. Curious to hear yours. Rules: State legislators must come up with uniform rules to vet voters across the […]
The TBD Votes
November 12, 2022 by
Written 11/8/2022: [Editor’s note: The issue of the 2022 midterms is far from settled. Things are definitely screwy in Arizona and not much better in Nevada. Look for more information from Gail and myself as events continue to unfold.] People were expecting a tsunami but is this what we’re seeing? A “red tsunami” suggests to […]
An Old-Fashioned Chapel Raising!
November 10, 2022 by
Recenty, we were blessed to dedicate our new chapel, named in honor of St Seraphim of Sarov. As many of you who have followed this blog are aware, we already have a church, so why a chapel? Well, mainly because we could, being as we are located in a semi-rural setting and we have several […]
So, Is It OK to Like Nazis Now?
November 10, 2022 by
[Editor’s note: Gail and I plan on writing about the Midterms fairly soon. The results are still coming in but for now, it looks like the Red States got redder and the Blue States got bluer. It’s also clear that the GOP Establishment did everything that could to sabotage the MAGA movement. That said, something […]
Count the Number of Times
November 7, 2022 by
Count the number of times Robin Williams offends the sensibilities of today. – And tell me it wasn’t funny! We could laugh at ourselves back then.
“An Ikon of the Word”: A Guest Essay by Brendan
November 5, 2022 by
As you all may know, every now and then, we here at Monomakhos like to publish essays or articles from our readers. One of our most prolific commentators, Brendan, shared this essay he wrote on the Gospel of John, chapter 1. We think you’ll enjoy it! <–The Gospel of John from the Book of the […]
A Hero of the Faith
November 5, 2022 by
Every now and then, one of our own makes us proud. This is one of those times. Please listen to Fr Demetrios Carellas defend the Faith. https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ckjy0NqDfEn/ As far as I’m concerned, if any of our bishops get the bright idea to ever listen to the Federal gummint again we should just descend on the […]
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