Category: Essay

The Father’s Voice in Times of War

A father’s presence, both physical and spiritual, is impossible to overestimate. This is especially apparent in times of war.

Tolkien’s Secret

Tolkien’s tale reminds us that we ourselves are part of the Great Story.

The Queen and I

It’s no wonder that those still loyal to the House of Pahlavi call her mādar Eran—Mother of Iran.

Voting Is Not a Statement

Good character in elected officials is something of a luxury. It is a mistake to consider it apart from questions of governance.

Childhood’s End

Europe will accomplish far more when it ends its dependency on the United States and stands on its own two feet.

Walt Disney and the American Mind

Walt Disney epitomised the American mind and spirit. To understand him is to begin to understand America.

Sarajevo, My Love!

In his memoir, Stefan Zweig mourned the fateful summer that changed Europe and the world forever.

A New Charter for the Nobility

A New Charter for the Nobility

The world to-day needs leaders who are willing to sacrifice their own pleasures and profits for those whom they serve.

July 18, 2024
The Mistaken Cult of Free Thinking

The Mistaken Cult of Free Thinking

If it is ontologically impossible for God Himself to be an ‘independent thinker,’ I struggle to see how Bill Maher manages it.

July 13, 2024
<strong>Vivaldi & Others</strong>: Luciano Berio—The Historically Conscious Avant-Gardist

<strong>Vivaldi & Others</strong>: Luciano Berio—The Historically Conscious Avant-Gardist

Berio believed that sounds are inextricably linked to a certain historical-traditional, even archetypal, meaning.

Designing a Conservative State?

Designing a Conservative State?

When secession serves the needs of political homogeneity and self-determination, it might actually serve the common good.

The Abiding Appeal of Self-Immolation

The Abiding Appeal of Self-Immolation

Those who engage in self-immolation today are raging against a world grown immune to the human quest for meaning and self-sacrifice.

June 28, 2024
Algorithms and Egregores

Algorithms and Egregores

The data-driven economy of Big Tech is a demon UFO cloud that does not rain but abducts.

Confessions of an American Monarchist

Confessions of an American Monarchist

Sunday’s long read: Charles Coulombe on America, Europe, history, and monarchism.

June 23, 2024
Pilgrimage and Parsonage: The Brontë Legacy

Pilgrimage and Parsonage: The Brontë Legacy

In West Yorkshire, the Brontë family’s literary legacy endures in places that evoke the triumph and the tragedy of their lives.

June 22, 2024
<strong>Vivaldi & Others</strong>: Luigi Dallapiccola and the Struggle with Tyranny 

<strong>Vivaldi & Others</strong>: Luigi Dallapiccola and the Struggle with Tyranny 

Dallapiccola composed Il prigioniero, set against the backdrop of the Dutch Revolt, to protest Mussolini’s regime.

Looking at the World with Marco Polo

Looking at the World with Marco Polo

Marco Polo’s memoir portrays an encounter between radically different civilizations that can be a model for us today.

Art Appreciation is Not Learned 

Art Appreciation is Not Learned 

We do not need art critics and experts to educate us. Beauty speaks for itself.

June 20, 2024
Globalism’s New Mythology

Globalism’s New Mythology

“What kind of god?” asked Tucker Carlson as Joe Rogan described the possible replacement of humans by AI.