John Zmirak is a senior editor at The Stream and author or coauthor of ten books, including The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism. His upcoming book is No Second Amendment, No First.
I was fascinated and edified by our editor Karla Dial’s column on the possible prophetic significance of the imminent total eclipse, which just happens by sheer bizarre coincidence to be passing through tons of American towns called “Nineveh.” I’m glad we also ran Jay Richards’s thoughtful column about the rationally demonstrable Providential purpose behind the fact that total eclipses ever happen at all. (They only happen in that tiny bandwidth of possible planets where intelligent life could arise, observe such eclipses, and use them to do the science that shows us God’s design in nature. But sure, that’s a total coincidence too.)
And I’m happy that Bishop Joseph Strickland is holding a special eucharist today to counter the actions of Freemasons and satanists who are holding occult rituals during the eclipse. As we New Yorkers like to say, “It couldn’t hurt!” …