Category: Essay

On the Importance of Oikophilia

Oikophilia allows us to bring across the threshold things and institutions that endure even as civilization crumbles.

Tradition and Human Flourishing

A blind adherence to old forms is the path to sterility and death, we must instead act as emissaries of the living flame we possess by virtue of our singular relationship with its past.

Boy King, Deep State

Two stories of young kings provide a surprisingly prescient lesson for politics today.

Death’s Fork in the Road

In a span of a few weeks, I was confronted with two distinct views on death and two distinct ways of dying. In one was the illusion of self-mastery; in the other, the radical surrender of self.

The Aesthetics of Settlement

The Aesthetics of Settlement

Britain, like Europe, is suffering from a spiritual decay which manifests in the deterioration of its built environment.

November 2, 2024
Freedom and Truth in an Age of Deception

Freedom and Truth in an Age of Deception

We are not made for lies.

November 2, 2024
Reason and Ruling: Recovering a Political Tradition of Calm

Reason and Ruling: Recovering a Political Tradition of Calm

To escape the cycle of hysterics, we need to recover an ancient approach to politics.

November 2, 2024
Javier Marías and the Meaning of Memory

Javier Marías and the Meaning of Memory

It is ironic—and ultimately tragic—that in Spain, as across the West, the popular imagination increasingly fails to distinguish between ‘memory’ and facts.

November 1, 2024
Rebuilding R’lyeh: Houellebecq, Lovecraft, and the Meaning of Architecture 

Rebuilding R’lyeh: Houellebecq, Lovecraft, and the Meaning of Architecture 

Modern architecture is meant to transform human beings into alien beings upon their own former home-world.

October 31, 2024
What Elon Musk Gets Wrong About Immigration

What Elon Musk Gets Wrong About Immigration

Musk is right to attack replacement migration, but he should push his own logic a little further.

October 30, 2024
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Republic

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Republic

The Republic had many constituting elements also present in our Western democracies. We can learn from its history.

October 24, 2024
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956: A Light to the Oppressed

The Hungarian Revolution of 1956: A Light to the Oppressed

The Hungarians fought for human dignity, for the survival of our nation, and for the protection of our identity.

October 23, 2024
Recipe for a Weary Soul

Recipe for a Weary Soul

In a world overwhelmed with suffering, it’s vital to reconnect with God and His creation.

October 19, 2024
The Unseen World: The Mystery of the Pyramids

The Unseen World: The Mystery of the Pyramids

In ancient cultures, a great building was “a reminder that the purpose of life on earth was to prepare for the hereafter.”

October 13, 2024
Conservative Cosmopolitanism

Conservative Cosmopolitanism

A resurgence of national traditions in the West may help foster greater understanding between cultures.

October 12, 2024
<em>Prophet</em>: The Story of Stefan Wyszynski

<em>Prophet</em>: The Story of Stefan Wyszynski

Cardinal Wyszynski’s life serves as a reminder that “Evil can be overcome with good and truth.”

October 10, 2024