Category: Essay

The Narrative of Lies

Lies must be refuted: if not relieved by truth-telling resentment shall one day bring everything down.

Conservatism: “An Instinct, Not an Idea”?

Conservatism: “An Instinct, Not an Idea”?

Conservatism comes from our natural human dispositions, but it can also emerge from our reflection on history and on the human condition.

March 9, 2024
Nostalgia and Exilic Christianity

Nostalgia and Exilic Christianity

The pain of exilic experience makes the temporary and fragile nature of all terrestrial homes more palpable.

March 9, 2024
The Modern-Day Sophie: A Marriage of the Rousseauian and Wollstonecraftian Mind

The Modern-Day Sophie: A Marriage of the Rousseauian and Wollstonecraftian Mind

Many women think that motherhood and professional life are mutually exclusive—the marriage of Rousseau and Wollstonecraft can perhaps provide an antidote.

The Agony of Ellen Page

The Agony of Ellen Page

As Page’s fame grew, nobody knew what predatory men in Hollywood were doing to her.

March 8, 2024
A New Conservatism: Freedom, National Sovereignty, and Tradition

A New Conservatism: Freedom, National Sovereignty, and Tradition

The best way to be European is to be Spanish, German, Italian, or whatever nationality one is.

March 7, 2024
The Philosopher in Plato’s Politeia

The Philosopher in Plato’s Politeia

The philosopher is marked by the presence of an indisputable, contemplative dimension of the love of wisdom.

March 7, 2024
Abortion as a French Constitutional Right: A Christian Response

Abortion as a French Constitutional Right: A Christian Response

Let us abandon our embarrassment about giving to this epoch its proper name: the final reign of Satan.

March 7, 2024
What Morocco Taught Me About the Decline of the West

What Morocco Taught Me About the Decline of the West

The great nations of the West had their own cultures once, and that inheritance is still there for those who care.

March 6, 2024
Antisemitism as Anti-Europeanism by Proxy 

Antisemitism as Anti-Europeanism by Proxy 

Europe is simply dealing with its own cultural issues by projecting them onto the current conflict in the Middle East.

March 5, 2024
Moby Dick, Frankenstein, and the Anxiety of Influence

Moby Dick, Frankenstein, and the Anxiety of Influence

Great writers do not seek to escape influence—instead their creative genius shapes what they inherited.

Why I Don’t Have Any Values

Why I Don’t Have Any Values

My irritation, for which this article is the self-medicated balm, lies not with particular values, but with the ‘having of values’ as such.

March 3, 2024
Conservative Ecumenism?

Conservative Ecumenism?

Reconciliation to the highest degree possible between Conservative Christians is essential.

March 2, 2024