Category: Essay

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.

‘Freedom’ vs. God

‘Freedom’ vs. God

We have not been gradually losing our rights, freedoms, and political power. In truth, we never really had them to begin with, for they were never grounded in true political authority.

October 12, 2023
Crowning History

Crowning History

The combination of continuity and change has always been central to the genius of coronations, reassuring us that the past is being honoured, yet reaffirming the new order of things.

October 10, 2023
The Metaphysics of <em>Laissez Faire</em>: Christianity and Pluralism

The Metaphysics of Laissez Faire: Christianity and Pluralism

Liberalism inherited a Christian psychology but, having jettisoned the Rock of Ages, built its political theory upon the sand.

October 9, 2023
Ukrainian Strategy and American Realism

Ukrainian Strategy and American Realism

To the extent that America and its allies have an interest in an unthreatened NATO, a tranquil East Asia, and nuclear non-proliferation, they also have an interest in Ukrainian victory.

October 9, 2023
Ireland’s Return to Paganism

Ireland’s Return to Paganism

The truth appears to be that Irish Catholicism was easy to abandon, because it seemed so hard to love.

October 9, 2023
The Last Days of George Orwell

The Last Days of George Orwell

Leftists who claim Orwell as their own would likely be surprised to discover that he was very socially conservative.

October 6, 2023
Fr. Jozef Tiso: Father of a Stillborn Slovak State

Fr. Jozef Tiso: Father of a Stillborn Slovak State

Fr. Tiso’s career, for all its failings, was a catalyst in the formation of the modern Slovak state.

October 5, 2023
Cy Twombly, The Unlikely Futurist

Cy Twombly, The Unlikely Futurist

Those who can see past their prejudices will discern in Twombly’s work a revolutionary aesthetic experience, where movement flows hot and red in a thrilling abstraction of Italian futurism.

Conservatism, Nationalism, and Modernity

Conservatism, Nationalism, and Modernity

We are the first to live in a completely new era that no longer wants anything to do with the thinking of the ancestors, but is based entirely on a new spirit and new values.

October 3, 2023
From the Great Replacement to Great Turmoil

From the Great Replacement to Great Turmoil

If the most dramatic change brought by mass migration is seen in European ethno-cultural identity, the most concrete, immediate, and undeniable consequence is the rise in violence and crime.

October 2, 2023
Surviving the Synod

Surviving the Synod

The sad fact is that the Church has lost faith in the Gospel. That is why it seeks to promote a new gospel of inclusion, equality, and environmentalism. The best way to survive the synod is simply to ignore it.

October 1, 2023
Religion in Politics and the Need for Nostalgia

Religion in Politics and the Need for Nostalgia

The integralism of post-liberal Catholics risks reducing to an abstractionist exercise what is known by experience and cultural induction, thereby perpetuating the age of ideological squabbles which they ought to be repudiating in entirety.

September 30, 2023