Category: Essay

The Past Must Be Proclaimed

The House of Terror Museum challenges the leftists’ monopoly over the past, the present, and—ultimately—the future.

Death from Above, Death from Below

The vitalistic rhetoric of market competition is always balanced against ‘small-town values’ by the American Right.

Seduced by the Cross

Do not hurry by the cross on your way to Easter joy, for we know the risen Lord only through Christ and him crucified.

The Religion of Antichrist

Let us avoid talk of a ‘culture war’ when what we are engaged in is nothing less than a lethal spiritual conflict.

The Christmas Journey of Olaf Ã…steson

The Christmas Journey of Olaf Ã…steson

The Norwegian tale of a young man who fell asleep on Christmas Eve and woke on Epiphany to recount the miraculous sights he had seen.

December 26, 2023
The Premiere of Handel’s <em>Messiah</em>

The Premiere of Handel’s Messiah

This oratorio, a familiar part of both the Christmas and Easter seasons, has a fascinating history.

December 24, 2023
Forgotten Classics: <em>A Christmas Carol</em>, Fezziwig, and Love for the Least of These

Forgotten Classics: A Christmas Carol, Fezziwig, and Love for the Least of These

Now is the perfect time to approach Dickens’ classic, with its perennial themes of repentance and generosity. 

December 23, 2023
The Magic of Christmas is Real

The Magic of Christmas is Real

Fairy parties and flying reindeer are not things out of which eventually we must grow; they belong to the realm inhabited only by those who are mature enough to understand the world for what it is.

December 23, 2023
Salvation in Goethe and Gounod

Salvation in Goethe and Gounod

Faust’s salvation, as with humanity’s, comes only in time.

December 21, 2023
Ambiguous Nationalism Benefits the Hard Left

Ambiguous Nationalism Benefits the Hard Left

Irish cultural identity has been reduced to athletic prowess, drink, rebel songs, and revolutionary grievances.

December 21, 2023
The Advent of the Milei Era

The Advent of the Milei Era

President Milei offers a message of hope and a plan to restore Argentina.

December 20, 2023
The Enduring Power of Shakespeare: 400 Years After the First Folio

The Enduring Power of Shakespeare: 400 Years After the First Folio

The beauty of The Bard has not dimmed despite the passage of four centuries.

December 19, 2023
Pope Francis’ ‘Role Models’ for the Russian Youth

Pope Francis’ ‘Role Models’ for the Russian Youth

Pope Francis’ off-the-cuff remarks are a significant part of his teaching, and as such, they cannot be ignored.

December 16, 2023
Travels with Charles

Travels with Charles

I knew my trip to Ukraine would be memorable. I did not suspect that my companion, Charles Coulombe, would be one of the reasons.

December 15, 2023
Aslan’s Army: What I Saw in the Cotswolds

Aslan’s Army: What I Saw in the Cotswolds

Hunting is a glorious renewal of a covenant with the land, that common setting that binds a rural community.

December 15, 2023
What Tuđman Can Teach Us About Orbán’s Future

What Tuđman Can Teach Us About Orbán’s Future

After Tuđman’s death, Croatian patriotic enthusiasm was very quickly exposed to scorn and stigmatization.

December 13, 2023