Category: Essay

The Shameless Joys of Fatherhood

No matter how bad a workday I may have had, those precious seconds when I turn the key in the front door and hear the jubilant shouts of “Daddy!” make it all worthwhile.

Ivan Turbinca, The Joyful Exorcist

The protagonist of Creangă’s story confronts armies of demons with humor and common sense, exposing the ridiculous mediocrity of evil.

The Decadence of the West

Western decadence is today revealed by an out-of-touch elite class, more interested in microaggressions than in civilizational decline.

Civilization is from the Jews

Humanity evolved beyond the violence of the pagan world because of Hebraic ethics, universalized by the Abrahamic faiths.

Defending a National Culture

Conservatives are right to press ahead with the project of articulating the mythic truth of a common culture.

The Dutch Christian Confronting the International Left

The Dutch Christian Confronting the International Left

“The UN is teeming with leftist organizations. I thought: Someone has to do something. Why shouldn’t I try it?”

Michelin and the ‘Living Wage’: The Legacy of Catholic Entrepreneurship

Michelin and the ‘Living Wage’: The Legacy of Catholic Entrepreneurship

Founders saw social progress as the result of economic progress—something the state could not be expected to provide.

From Feminists To Conservatives: An Unexpected Transition

From Feminists To Conservatives: An Unexpected Transition

Moutot and Stern have cast off their ties with the Left from which they came, and are keeping a firm grip on the truth.

The Forgotten Practice of Christian Cursing

The Forgotten Practice of Christian Cursing

The Church must take more seriously its power to curse God’s enemies, for their sake and for ours.

May 5, 2024
Judges Against Democracy 

Judges Against Democracy 

Mitterrand once said, “Beware of judges. They killed the monarchy. They will kill the Republic.”

May 4, 2024
Aya Nakamura and the Death of Music

Aya Nakamura and the Death of Music

There is an immensely wide gulf between Mozart’s prodigious talent and Nakamura’s incomprehensible whining.

A Survivor’s Lifelong Search

A Survivor’s Lifelong Search

For Aggie Madaras Kuperman, the question of her own life’s meaning was bound up with her father.

May 4, 2024
In Defence of the ‘Male Gaze’

In Defence of the ‘Male Gaze’

Un-tethered from the ‘male gaze,’ female beauty standards go the way of postmodern pastiche.

Starting Your Day like a Medieval Warrior

Starting Your Day like a Medieval Warrior

Men who want to build civilisations must not only dedicate themselves to worship and study, but they must train.

April 30, 2024
<strong>Vivaldi & Others</strong>: Giacomo Puccini and the Dark Sides of the Human Soul

<strong>Vivaldi & Others</strong>: Giacomo Puccini and the Dark Sides of the Human Soul

Puccini was a complex man with a distinctly dark side. This is also reflected in almost all his operas.

What I told NatCon Brussels

What I told NatCon Brussels

We must work to build a completely new movement and ecosystem that transcends Left and Right.

April 28, 2024
Defending the Dignity of Man

Defending the Dignity of Man

Dignitas Infinita attempts to show that human dignity cannot be manipulated to promote an ideology.

April 26, 2024