By Valerie Protopapas “The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie.One word of truth outweighs the world.”— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn LIE – an intentionally false statementFALSE – [1] not according with truth or fact; incorrect; [2] appearing to be the thing denoted; deliberatelymade or meant to deceive; [3] illusory; [4] treacherousLETHAL – sufficient to cause deathFOUNDATION …
My Orthodox brother and Dixie compatriot Walt Garlington has given me permission to cross-publish his monthly “Remembrances,” which will be posted at the beginning of each and every month throughout 2023. Garlington, a chemical engineer turned writer, is editor of the website Confiteri: A Southern Perspective and has had his essays published at the Abbeville Institute, …
Those of you from the South have most likely grown up eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day. Typically, they’re served with a “mess” of greens, such as collards, mustard or turnip greens, or even cabbage. Each region has its own tasty ritual. “Cook your beans low and slow, ideally in a slow cooker. For …
Since Christmas, my incredible husband has spent the last few days of his vacation coming up with a Dungeons & Dragons story to play with our three sons. Being Dungeon Master is quite an investment of free time, of which my hard-working husband has little, so they’ve played only once before and, admittedly, it has …
“Never, never, never let anyone tell you that, in order to be Orthodox, you must be Eastern. The West was fully Orthodox for a thousand years, and her venerable liturgy is far older than any of her heresies.”— St. John Maximovitch There’s a contingent of haters – dare I say, a conspiracy – that has …
By Valerie Protopapas For those who are not members of or following the doings of the Roman Catholic Church, you may not know (or care, actually!) that well known pro-life priest Fr. Frank Pavone has been laicized by the Vatican – actually, by Pope Francis himself! – and Fr. Pavone believes that this is only …
Fr. John A. Peck is the pastor of All Saints of North America Orthodox Church in Youngtown, a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona, an Orthodox priest under ROCOR, the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, and dean of Great Martyr Euphemia Orthodox Theological Academy. He runs the websites Fr. John Peck, Preachers Institute, Good Guys Where …
James Perloff is journalist who wrote for The New American magazine for nearly three decades. He’s the author of “The Shadows of Power,” an exposé of the Council on Foreign Relations, two books about the evidence against Darwin’s theory of evolution, “The Case Against Darwin” and “Tornado in a Junkyard,” and a comprehensive primer on …
My new friend and compatriot Valerie Protopapas has given me permission to publish some of her fearless work, which I will be doing piecemeal over the coming months. I am honored since this prolific writer is a fearless firebrand to the core. Now, the word firebrand has a long and diverse history. Its varied meanings …
The rabid anti-Semitism spewing forth from the 2020 National Defense Appropriations Act (NDAA) and its Naming Commission in its final report aims to tear down the iconic artwork of Jewish sculptor and Civil War veteran Moses Ezekiel, who was not only the first Jewish cadet at the Virginia Military Institute but was also the “the first …