Category: Essay

Constitutional Thomism: A Modest Proposal

The democratic statesman must subordinate his own interests to the good of his fellow citizens and foster the temporal political common good, which is not separated from the common good in the fullest sense: God.

God Wants To Be Sought

We possess a blindness that impedes our ability to see ourselves as God sees us. To break through this dilemma, we must faithfully seek out what lies just beyond our vista.

The Four Layers of Christmas

Let’s avoid being too Christmassy until the Eve itself. But then, let our joy break out for the twelve days, and keep them as well as we can—enjoying whatever observances proper to them we can attend, through the Epiphany.

German Self-Assertion and a New Consensus

The most important distinction now runs between globalists and protectionists. The continuing reference to the old Left to Right coordinate system hinders us in our search for a middle ground between the local and the global.

When Middle Earth Came to Vienna

The renewed obsession with the minutiae of Tolkien’s work gives me an excuse to revisit my favorite bit of Tolkien trivia: that the Polish king’s great victory was the inspiration for Tolkien’s Battle of the Pelennor Fields.

May the Sacré Coeur Forever Watch Over Paris

Left-wing memory tinkerers hate the Sacré Coeur because they believe it was built over the corpses of the revolutionaries killed during the Commune. The Sacré Cœur became for them the symbol of oppression.

Surrendering the Sahara, Part II:<br>Bigger Players and Resource Riches

Surrendering the Sahara, Part II:<br>Bigger Players and Resource Riches

Despite the wide economic gulf between them, Moroccan diplomacy has by far exceeded that of Spain—the size of an economy is not a determining factor in deciding a country’s importance to larger players.

A Lesson from the Festival of Hunting

A Lesson from the Festival of Hunting

The Festival of hunting is an example of real culture and the celebration of an inherited and fragile way of life.

August 8, 2022
The Bruderhof in Austria:<br>An Anabaptist Homecoming

The Bruderhof in Austria:<br>An Anabaptist Homecoming

Perhaps due to their overwhelmingly Catholic background, our new neighbors grasped our communal lifestyle much quicker than the New Yorkers I was used to. All I had to say was, “We’re like an order, but built around families; and free church, not Catholic,” and they got it, with no suspicious glances or muttering about weird religious folk.

August 7, 2022
Reconquista and the Lost Kingdom:<br>Reflections from Spanish History

Reconquista and the Lost Kingdom:<br>Reflections from Spanish History

The Reconquista attests to the ability of the human collective to determine its identity in the face of contrary forces, and to do so without strict political unity, but on the basis of a shared ideal.

Whistle Blown on Alzheimer’s Research

Whistle Blown on Alzheimer’s Research

The whistleblower who first identified potential fraud, also uncovered similar manipulation in dozens of peer-reviewed papers by the same scientist who published the original paper in question.

August 4, 2022
Eat Mutton, Wear Wool, Heat with Wood:<br>Traditional Ways to Stop Wildfires

Eat Mutton, Wear Wool, Heat with Wood:<br>Traditional Ways to Stop Wildfires

Locals, forestry experts, farmers, and ecologists all agreed that the principal problem is bad forest management, which is best countered by a return of rural life and its traditional activities, particularly extensive cattle farming. But it’s easier said than done.

August 3, 2022
The Spirit of Ermua and the Legacy of ETA Terrorism

The Spirit of Ermua and the Legacy of ETA Terrorism

Twenty-five years have passed since the simple gesture of showing open palms—clean, innocent hands—became a symbol for what had suddenly become a movement: the Spirit of Ermua.

Back Home on a Visit

Back Home on a Visit

Many European Conservative writers and thinkers have declared that Europe must regain her Catholic and Christian soul; ultimately, if our country is to survive she must acquire a soul from that same source.

August 1, 2022
The Netherlands, a Narco-State in the Heart of Europe

The Netherlands, a Narco-State in the Heart of Europe

The real question is how the Dutch government could ignore the problem for so long, given that the gravity of the situation is no secret?

Don’t be Afraid

Don’t be Afraid

Some 3,000 years after the events at Dothan, we are once more confronted with an increasing force of modern-day ‘Arameans’ descending upon a dwindling group of those who still see what is truly there.

July 31, 2022
Pathology of the French-Algerian Illness

Pathology of the French-Algerian Illness

The wound of Algeria was quickly closed without being disinfected, and has continued to rot slowly ever since. It has weakened the French body politic, made sicker by Macron’s intervention.

July 30, 2022
Spain: Whispers from the Past

Spain: Whispers from the Past

The playwright Federico Garcia Lorca once wrote that in Spain, “the dead are more alive than the dead of any other country.” He may be right.

July 26, 2022