From Paul Evdokimov’s The Art if the Icon: a Theology of Beauty: “…everything is destined for a liturgical fulfillment…. The final destiny of water is to participate in the mystery of the…
Robert Merry at The American Conservative has put his finger on the psychology behind Europe’s self-abrogation. His article, ‘How Europe Built Its Own Funeral Pyre, Then Leapt In‘, looks at the psychological…
On a blustery Sunday afternoon in December 2017, I headed to Seattle with my two teenage sons, Matthew (age 19) and Timothy (age 15). Our mission was simple: hand Matthew off to…
In this video Jordan Peterson makes some trenchant observations about the purpose of university education. I don’t agree that articulated speech is the most powerful human good. I think humility is the…
From my recent article, “The Republican Retreat to Identity Politics“: Historically, nations are held together by common memories, customs, symbols, myths and legends. In its most rigorous and consistent form, classical liberalism de-emphasizes…
Jason and Kaitlyn would never have said their marriage was unhappy. However, throughout the fourteen years they had been together, they gradually drifted apart. They rarely had arguments and to outsiders they…
In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, there is a curious moment when the reader becomes aware that the animals who led the revolt against their human overlords have become the new oppressors. Animal…
As Jordan Peterson’s Channel 4 interview goes viral (indeed, it reached #7 for all of YouTube), I have been delighted to see it provoking international discussion, not just about the issues he…
The following material is taken from my book Saints and Scoundrels, chapter 16. On June 12, 1987, President Ronald Reagan stood at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, where the Berlin Wall separated…
From Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging, by Sebastian Junger: “People speak with incredible contempt about, depending on their views: the rich, the poor, the educated, the foreign born, the President, or the entire…
From Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore’s 1895 book The Rod, the Root, and the Flower: Plato’s cave of shadows is the most profound and simple statement of the relation of the natural to the…
“What is this? the new abbess asks those present, herself most of all. Is this the result of our brother Ustin’s therapeutic measures or the Lorde’s miracle, appearing independently of human action?…
