FROM THE SPRING 2024 PRINT EDITION: Hungary must have a strategy for harnessing and leveraging its competitive advantages.

Chesterton knew that allegiance to the flag comes after the allegiance which already exists for hearth and home.

The compatibility of imperial and indigenous imperatives comes through in Tiberius’s land reforms.

You should attend the opera. It is challenging, yes, but it is often the most challenging artistic modes which are the most rewarding once understood.

Verdi sat like ‘an Assyrian god,’ constantly commenting on the smallest details.

A truly philosophical investigation must remain open to things that pertain to the domain of grace, the life engendered by faith.

In any institution the loyalty and obedience of subordinates is maintained by some kind of reward given by superiors.

The return of Schmitt is no cause for panic.

The debate between Cassirer and Heidegger was one of the most momentous moments in the history of Western philosophy.

The ancients believed in journeys to other worlds that were the ultimate destination of every immortal soul.

The Genesis story about fallen angels engendering giants tells us a great deal about modern politics.

The pantheon of old heroes is being cleared to make room for icons of the Sexual Revolution.

Post-Marxist historiography has insisted on the role of the outside world as the driving force behind the 1964 coup, but in truth their genesis was national and nationalist.

One gets the impression that the peoples of Europe are the only indigenous peoples without a right to exist.

The Italian Church used to be preserved from secularisation, but this blessed time seems over.

Casablanca is not about passion, but about altruistic love, animated by the rare spirit of sacrifice.

Perhaps we do not need a new and very different St. Benedict. We need old-fashioned, traditional Benedictines, and we need them everywhere.

Lies must be refuted: if not relieved by truth-telling resentment shall one day bring everything down.

With the fall of monasticism, Christianity became largely an intellectual exercise.

The survival of the Christian West will require a revival of monasticism.

Even at its nadir, the French capital remains a beacon of liberty—and, paradoxically, a reason for hope in a Western renaissance.

Greek thinkers attempted to understand the world within the context of their own religious beliefs and traditions.

The American poet John Finlay died of a disease bred out of his own sins, but he prepared himself to see Truth face-to-face.

Catholic publishers should produce editions that can be treasured for generations.

Bellini is poor, it is true, in his instrumentation and harmony! ... But rich in feeling and in an entirely

Undset is clear that the moral wounds we inflict on ourselves and others are at the root of our misery. 

Candidates for baptism feel a deep and visceral need for civilisational coherence.

The Cross is the most awful sign the world has ever known, and the only sign that brings victory and hope: “In hoc signo vinces.”

Many conservatives hold something approaching old Cavalier principles, but they are no more influential than their predecessors were under Cromwell.

Familiarity with the artistic canon is essential for those who would create it.