Category: Essay

The End of Love

The real tragedy of the red pillers is that they peddle a chronically limited view of masculinity as its pinnacle.

Christianity, Marxism, and the Common Good

Whenever they had power, Marxists persecuted Christians. Now, thanks to subtle propaganda, they have reappeared with the same ideas in a state of apparently unsullied ideology.

The Curse of County Mayo

The litany of defeats and errors would make you think the football team was cursed. Maybe they are.

Revolt of the Core

Elites are turning on their own ‘core demographic’—even as Western working and middle classes are being pushed into rebellion.

God’s Playground

Warsaw’s tragic past gives it a unique character: a refusal to abandon the ideal of peace.

Plato’s Academy: The School of Philosophers

Plato’s Academy: The School of Philosophers

The interpersonal relationship between philosophers is irreplaceable.

December 12, 2023
Afrikaner Poverty and Self-Empowerment: <br>What was the Helpmekaar Movement?

Afrikaner Poverty and Self-Empowerment: <br>What was the Helpmekaar Movement?

Today’s Solidarity Movement in South Africa is inspired by lessons from the past.

December 11, 2023
Violence Against Politicians, Violence Against Populations

Violence Against Politicians, Violence Against Populations

Why should belonging to the majority ethnic group of a given place be a disadvantage?

December 10, 2023
<strong>Vivaldi & Others</strong>: Antonia Padoani Bembo—Composer and Singer between Venice and Paris

<strong>Vivaldi & Others</strong>: Antonia Padoani Bembo—Composer and Singer between Venice and Paris

Antonia Padoani Bembo’s compositions sometimes sound thoroughly French, at other times purely Italian.

December 10, 2023
The Tale of Two Frances: Part II

The Tale of Two Frances: Part II

Whilst Paris is surrendering to wokeism, a new generation of formidable defenders of tradition is arising in Lyon.

December 6, 2023
A Tale of Two Frances: Part I

A Tale of Two Frances: Part I

Once the site of one of the most significant revolts against the French Revolution, today Lyon has become the centre of the right-wing reaction to wokeism.

December 4, 2023
Russell Kirk’s Book of Love

Russell Kirk’s Book of Love

Kirk’s conservatism was the conservatism of loss—not of rout or retreat, and certainly not despair, but one that treasures what is gone as well as what we have. 

December 3, 2023
Sclerotic America

Sclerotic America

America must return to the idea of American Exceptionalism, or it will fail.

December 2, 2023
A Warning Sign for the West

A Warning Sign for the West

“Antisemitism is the best warning sign that we can have of a threat to liberal civilization.”—Lord Sacks

December 2, 2023
Preserving Culture from <em>The Golden Legend</em> to <em>Ben-Hur</em>

Preserving Culture from <em>The Golden Legend</em> to <em>Ben-Hur</em>

Conservative artists should keep the great achievements of Western culture alive.

December 2, 2023
The Confucius Institutes: China’s Trojan Horse

The Confucius Institutes: China’s Trojan Horse

Western countries have finally started taking action to limit the influence of Confucius Institutes—or offer alternatives.

December 1, 2023
Remembrance and Resistance

Remembrance and Resistance

Ancient customs will continue to make the European winter nights bright.

December 1, 2023