Category: Essay

Civilisational Decline Is A Choice

Our elites seek to conquer human difference by silencing the conscience and destroying bonds of mutual dependence. 

The Theurgy of Deer Stalking

In the thrill of a deer stalk, the world is revealed to be what it truly is, a divine communication.

Hospice Chaplains to Civilization’s Euthanasia

Hospice Chaplains to Civilization’s Euthanasia

Why do Europe’s Catholic bishops support the EU?

April 26, 2024
The 25th of April Coup—A Personal Memoir

The 25th of April Coup—A Personal Memoir

I knew that Portugal—the great Portugal of the Discoveries and the Empire—was over.

April 25, 2024
The Attitude of Mattathias

The Attitude of Mattathias

Christians must look to Mattathias, who chose to obey the Truth rather than the powerful.

April 24, 2024
The French Tradition for Burkeans

The French Tradition for Burkeans

Academia Tocqueville’s civilizational lessons

April 22, 2024
The Shapeshifter as Patron of Cultural Decline

The Shapeshifter as Patron of Cultural Decline

We take a look at the ‘shapeshifter’ as the archetype of a postmodern society through cinema.

The Problem of Detransitioners

The Problem of Detransitioners

Is being ‘trans’ a hardware or software issue?

Religion, the ‘Russian World,’ and the War Against Ukraine

Religion, the ‘Russian World,’ and the War Against Ukraine

Russkiy Mir is a heretical national theology that expresses a mythical, teleological understanding of Russia.

April 20, 2024
From Dante to Solzhenitsyn—The Worst Thing about Progressive Ideology

From Dante to Solzhenitsyn—The Worst Thing about Progressive Ideology

Dante and Solzhenitsyn understood the consequences of betraying one’s own people.

April 20, 2024
Why the Existence of Extraterrestrials is Implausible: A Theological Argument

Why the Existence of Extraterrestrials is Implausible: A Theological Argument

The nature of the entire creation underwent a wholesale ontological mutation with the fall of Adam and Eve.

April 19, 2024
Hungary’s Place in the Changing World Order

Hungary’s Place in the Changing World Order

FROM THE SPRING 2024 PRINT EDITION: Hungary must have a strategy for harnessing and leveraging its competitive advantages.

April 18, 2024
Flying the Flag for G.K. Chesterton

Flying the Flag for G.K. Chesterton

Chesterton knew that allegiance to the flag comes after the allegiance which already exists for hearth and home.

April 16, 2024
Tiberius Gracchus: Local Rights and Land Reform

Tiberius Gracchus: Local Rights and Land Reform

The compatibility of imperial and indigenous imperatives comes through in Tiberius’s land reforms.