The “Higher Things” Budget
Let us consider the “higher things” together. Some say they are useless extravagances. But I say (with all sane men before me) that they are teachers of mysteries, to be revered.
The Trendy Peasant
Homesteading has become trendy, but the Catholic Land Movement has been advocating for it for decades.
Reality Is Waiting: Un-fake Your Life This Year
How can we live in such a way that overcomes the fakeness of everything around us?
Living in a Fake World: A New Year’s Recognition
“Don’t believe everything you see or read” isn’t a new or surprising proposition for those of us trying to stay awake if not woke. But now “don’t believe everything” is turning into “don’t believe anything.”
Pushing Buttons—Off and Otherwise
The truth is, you are not the same without the Internet. Rather than it being unsafe to go phoneless, the last few years have seen an exponential growth of data regarding the dangers of technology use.
Keeping the Byrd in Captivity
William Byrd’s career and art reflect what a Catholic artist can do in and in spite of an environment largely hostile to the faith of our fathers.
Hunting as Conservation
Hunting encourages and forms a crucial part of a way of life that is inimical to the overreaching, socialist, digital dictatorships most modern governments seem to be becoming.
Go Forth in Dance
The animosity toward dancing found in some traditionalist Catholic communities reveals an imagination that is deeply out of touch with our Christian culture.
The Biological Adventure Clock
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry sets an example for men still looking for adventure in the world.
Pontifical Alchemy Doesn’t Work
The desire to transform or otherwise unnaturally change aspects of the Church into something supposedly more valuable, or at least more appropriate for our times, is doomed to failure.
Quittin’ Time: What Happens After Work?
How do we spend our leisure time? There’s danger in both the time-wasting and workaholic responses.
A Writer on Land and Sea
Chesterton sat and wrote about great adventures; Belloc only wrote about them once he had been up and away and lived the adventure.
Of Studs and Studies
How can men imbue their lives with thoughtfulness, piety, and healthy ambition?
How to Truly “Be Different”
What is now truly different is the old way of doing things; rebellion has become a rather drab and uniform affair of everyone being “different” in essentially the same rainbow way.
A Boots and Tie Education
Rather than primarily utilitarian, the college window should be about something much bigger than it actually is at most colleges.
The Wind Rises: Look at the Stars
When we train our attention on the heroic lives of the saints, on the words of Scripture, on the Presence of Our Lord in the Tabernacle, our sight is refined and we are reminded of the true focus.
Don’t Just Pray and Work—Read
A forgotten part of the Benedictine life is what many modern Catholics are missing.
AI “Girlfriends” Prove Modern Men Don’t Think Women Are Human
Pause for a moment and consider what it means to conceive of a woman as something which could compete with a “virtual girlfriend.”
A Phony Education
Wyoming Catholic College’s entirely cell-phone-free school year is directly ordered to freeing young people from a phony education.
The European Conservative: An Appreciation
Two things make The European Conservative stand out among other publications: its high-profile writers contributing top-notch content combined with its sleek and classy presentation.