How Colleges Have Made Themselves Useless
Cultural relativism and dissolved objective academic standards have made higher education’s decline inevitable.
How Tolkien’s Catholic Faith Impacted His Writings (Guest: Dr. Ben Reinhard)
It’s well-known that J.R.R. Tolkien was Catholic and that his faith influenced his writings. But how did his participation in the liturgy impact his writings and his imagination?
The Beatles and the F-Bomb
A look back at a tense Beatles recording session reveals much about how our culture has degraded.
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.
The Crown and Empty Churches
Should the Church “modernize” by becoming more like everyone else? Or, should she hold fast to her ancient, otherworldly beliefs, morals, and rituals?
Understanding Church History (Guest: Joseph Pearce)
To understand our current times we need to understand history. We need to see the good, the bad, and the beautiful of the story of our salvation.
The Pornification of American Television
TV shows in the 1960s began pushing the envelope of what was allowed, and now we have full-blown depravity coming over the airwaves.
Contraception: The Cause of All Our Problems
The divorce of the sexual act from procreation has led to all our problems regarding sexuality today.
Dostoevsky for Catholics (and Everyone Else), Part II
Dostoevsky wished to show how a Christian could overcome the powerful grip of modern ideas that denied the existence of God and spiritual realities more generally.
The Church Will Always Triumph
Every time the Church has appeared close to destruction, it has prevailed.
Defending the Christ Child
A new theology of sexual disorientation supersedes that of the natural order of things as the Christ child revealed.
Dostoevsky for Catholics (and Everyone Else), Part I
Dostoevsky represents one powerful reply to many of the cataclysmic changes that have swept modern Western civilization since the eighteenth century.
The Path to Dystopia is Paved with Ideology
Treating “gender distress” as something caused by a societal injustice is an attempt to normalize a condition and behaviors that have been considered unhealthy for millennia.
C.S. Lewis & Roy Campbell: The Best of Friends & Enemies
A look at the controversial and complex relationship between C.S. Lewis and Roy Campbell.
The New Paganism
The mutability of human nature broadly, and of gender in particular, is the Trojan Horse by which paganism has achieved its modern renaissance.
I Believe in Santa
Believe it (or in him) or not, but Santa Claus was instrumental in my return to the sacraments.
Elite “Ethics” (and the “Ethicist” Advising Them)
Modern ethics has gotten so ridiculous it’s become impossible to parody.
Which Way, Modern Woman: Nun or Porn Star?
Our modern age promotes participation in the porn industry as “empowering,” but it is in sacrifice and dying to self that we truly find happiness.
The Secret to Evangelizing the Nones
The falling away from Christianity by young people is often the result of them cultivating shallowness, superficiality, and solipsism as a philosophy of life.
The Protestant Mary Isn’t the True Mary
The new movie “Journey to Bethlehem” reveals the dramatic difference in worldview between Catholics and Protestants.