Category: Essay

"La chapelle des Bourbons au XIXe siècle" (unknown date) an engraving by Ebenezer Challis (1806-1881) based on a drawing by Thomas Allom (1804-1872), currently located in a private collection. The chapel is a part of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Lyon.

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.

"Vue Perspective du Siege et Bombardement de la Ville de Lyon : ou il y avoit plus de 30000 aristocrates, mais nos Patriotes les ont anéanti, l'an 2.e de la Republique, Octobre 1793" (1793) a 29,5 x 41,5 engraving by an unknown artist, located in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.

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.

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. 

Sclerotic America

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

A Warning Sign for the West

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

Margaret Thatcher’s Character and Legacy

Some conservatives may sniff and say that there is more to a country’s welfare than its growth rate. They are right. But without prosperity, life is to varying degrees unpleasant.

Globalists’ Contempt for Slovakia’s Voters

Globalists’ Contempt for Slovakia’s Voters

The circumstances in Slovakia demand steady leadership, ideally with support from the populace.

Virtue vs. Value in British Education

Virtue vs. Value in British Education

The focus on values over virtues has led to a relativistic and superficial understanding of human flourishing.

September 26, 2023
My Dinner with André: <br>A Melancholy Repast at the End of a World

My Dinner with André: <br>A Melancholy Repast at the End of a World

“I would never leave France, but I understand why people feel this way. Nobody wants to be robbed. Nobody wants to be raped.”

September 26, 2023
Nation and Religion in Judaism

Nation and Religion in Judaism

Today’s prototypical Westerner is unlikely to think of nationality when he thinks of Judaism. In many cases, one even encounters the denial of Judaism’s national character.

September 25, 2023
Comprendre la stratégie hongroise: <br>The French edition of <em>The Hungarian Way of Strategy</em>

Comprendre la stratégie hongroise: <br>The French edition of <em>The Hungarian Way of Strategy</em>

Balázs Orbán’s The Hungarian Way of Strategy is now published in French. What can it offer the French reader?

September 25, 2023
The Great Replacement and the Psychology of Denial

The Great Replacement and the Psychology of Denial

For those in denial, an immigrant is just a generic human unit who brings no cultural baggage with him.

September 25, 2023
The Yin-Yang of Urbanism: Léon Krier and Architectural Complementarity 

The Yin-Yang of Urbanism: Léon Krier and Architectural Complementarity 

By highlighting how the size, type, and style of constructions can all fit, Krier shows us the way (post)modern architecture and urbanism are based on the perverse thrill of mismatch and contradiction.

September 24, 2023
<strong>Vivaldi & Others</strong>: Arcangelo Corelli—The Classicist Perfectionist

<strong>Vivaldi & Others</strong>: Arcangelo Corelli—The Classicist Perfectionist

If someone in the audience kept talking after Corelli had already started playing, he would immediately lower his violin until the room had become completely silent. If the talking continued, he would refuse to play at all.

September 24, 2023
Street Fighting Men

Street Fighting Men

Rather than being opposed to the establishment, these activist foot soldiers provide the street muscle, fierce passion, and raised voices that bureaucrats dare not show.

September 21, 2023
Funders Over Buyers: Control vs. Community

Funders Over Buyers: Control vs. Community

In contrast to ESG-promoting stakeholder capitalism, coherent conservatism is simply the politics that emerges when control is not the priority; it is the politics that does not seek to break down community in order to use its parts.

September 20, 2023
Into the Woods

Into the Woods

Somehow, some way, stewardship of the forest and the rest of the natural environment must be snatched from the ranks of the stupid and insane.

September 20, 2023
AI and the End of Wisdom

AI and the End of Wisdom

In undermining our very human nature, and neglecting our unique ability to seek and come into union with truth, AI will leave us not only uninspired but undignified.

September 19, 2023