Rorate has a great article (via The Economist) on why Latin is still relevant. Spoiler alert: it's the foundation for all romance languages and is full of logic!
In the "it-may-be-obvious-but-still-worth-revisiting" department, Peter Kwasniewski has a good piece on "Why do we care about beautiful things?"
Speaking of "beautiful things," while we are not advocates of the choice of 1962 as a "drop dead" Missal date, we have to admit that the new Campion Missal is a thing of beauty.