Julian Kwasniewski

Julian Kwasniewski lives in the USA's mountain west where he enjoys reading, playing the renaissance lute, and trout fishing. His writing has appeared in The Catholic Herald, National Catholic Register, Crisis Magazine, and others. Although he has never owned a smartphone, he does own (and use) a longboard.

recent articles

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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