“The principle for which we contend is bound to reassert itself,though it may be at another time and in another form.”— Jefferson Davis1st Lt. Col. US Army, US Congressman, US Secretary of War, US Senator, President of the Confederate States of America A week ago today, the US Senate passed the National Defense Appropriations Act …
My colleague and friend Jack Kerwick, who I had the pleasure of interviewing for the DM podcast back in June, has written a riveting piece. For anyone who’s ever read Kerwick, that’s not really news. His writing is always thought-provoking, sometimes putting into words exactly what you felt but couldn’t quite articulate, and other times …
Update May 2023: I adore Abbot Tryphon and hope to meet him one day. He is one of the most courageous voices battling against the spirit of the age and for true Orthodoxy. “Humanism means freedom from God and the search for solutions to problems in this freedom,” the wise monk stated in February 2021. …
Episode 14 features Philip Leigh, author of numerous books, including “Southern Reconstruction,” “Lee’s Lost Dispatch and Other Civil War Controversies,” “Trading with the Enemy: The Covert Economy During the American Civil War,” “The Confederacy at Flood Tide: The Political and Military Ascension, June to December 1862,” “The Devil’s Town: Hot Springs During the Gangster Era,” …
“Anyone who is capable of speaking the truth but remains silent, will be heavily judged by God, especially in this case, where the faith and the very foundation of the entire church of the Orthodox is in danger. To remain silent under these circumstances is to betray these, and the appropriate witness belongs to those …
Episode 6 features Dr. Donald Livingston, founder of the Abbeville Institute and Professor Retired of Philosophy at Emory University. Livingston received his doctorate at Washington University in 1965, and has been a fellow for the National Endowment Independent Studies and the Institute of Advanced Studies in the humanities at the University of Edinborough. He has …
In part 1, I described America as having a moral sickness. This disease is highly evident in the $2 trillion “recovery” package Congress just passed on Friday. Forget the fact that only $300 billion of the unfathomable price tag is for the “economic rescue plan” which will throw Monopoly money at lower-income American households. United …
I’ve been homeschooling my three sons (now 12 and twins who are 11) going on 8 years. But much of the history curriculum (including Christian materials) either unwittingly or intentionally cheer on what Dr. Paul Gottfried describes as our “secular theocracy,” in which America isn’t defined by tangible commonalities like shared values, faith, and customs, …
David Brooks’ newest for The Atlantic Monthly, “The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake,” has been making the rounds on social media. My initial comment was: “David Brooks pushing subversion? I’m shocked.” I was assured by a couple smart folks that the headline was “clickbait,” the article was “good,” and that Brooks wasn’t “pushing anything.” Reading …
I once read a travel writer describe Ireland as “mystical and modern, beautiful yet bleak, proud and vulnerable, peaceful yet divided, rich in talent but poor in resources, foreign and friendly.” I think Richmond, Virginia, is such a paradox. I’m a native Richmonder and have a love-hate relationship with my home of 24 years. Richmond …