At the Intersection of Faith and Culture

Republicans and Democrats, leftists and the Big Con, are indeed of one mind, and share the same interest, in promoting the Great Panic of 2020—i.e., the idea of “The Coronavirus Pandemic” that threatens to wipe out humanity. I’m referring here specifically to politicians, journalists (so-called), and commentators. To put it quite simply, those in Big…

Given the hyper-alarmism concerning “The Coronavirus” with which the public is relentlessly besieged by both Big Government and Big Media, one would think that no cost would be spared in the effort to defeat this Plague that is decimating the world, correct? But when we consider what the Chicken Littles are not mentioning, it is…

These are interesting times in which we live. The mass hysteria over COVID-19, “The Coronavirus,” supplies the remotely thoughtful with much food for thought. In a following series of articles, I will unpack the many implications of the mass panic. Before doing so, though, we must first establish one fundamental fact: This is indeed a…

In a previous essay, I argued that our contemporary culture offers males in search of manhood few viable models. Fortunately, all is not lost.  But in order to realize his potential as a man in the future, a male must first turn his attention to the past, to an ideal type of Manhood with a…

In the contemporary Western world, the concept of Manhood has fallen upon hard times. It would appear that young males generally, and, in particular, young white males (who have been relentlessly bombarded all of their lives with the message that they are “the cancer” of humanity, to paraphrase Susan Sontag), are in a real jam.…

If these times of ours, and our politics specifically, can be associated with any of the human emotions, anger would be as good a selection as any. In fact, our politics undoubtedly encourages anger.  Politicians, as well as the movers and shakers in the media, have every interest invested in stoking the flames of anger. …

Those on the right have always recognized that there are indeed legitimate uses of violence, and that the latter are reserved for those who aspire to fulfill their obligation to “fight evil.” It was the murderous actions of the radicals of the French Revolution that provoked modern conservatism’s “patron saint,” Edmund Burke, to famously declare…

A recent email discussion between a theologically diverse group of right-of-center friends—Christians, Jews, agnostics, and atheists—provided much food for thought. Is Christianity the main culprit for what one interlocutor aptly referred to as “white guilt” and all of the cultural and political degeneracy by which this phenomenon has been attended?  This person and another—both non-Christians—agreed…

Christian leadership—meaning clerics and commentators of both the Catholic and Protestant varieties—all too often reveals itself to be of the world. Speaking as a practicing Roman Catholic, this is a sobering truth with which to reckon. But it’s true all of the same. Between genuine Christianity and what I will henceforth refer to as Big…

Almost a generation ago, David Horowitz, editor of Frontpagemagazine, wrote The Art of Political War.  Horowitz’s’ book was addressed to his fellow Republican partisans who failed to realize what Horowitz—and the left from which he converted—knew all too well: “Politics,” he wrote, “is war conducted by other means.” The author elaborated: “In political warfare you…

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