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Winter 2026 Is a Great Time to Read Some History
- Culture, Education, Featured, History, Literature, Western Civilization
- December 15, 2025

The idea that hurricanes can be anything other than destructive might sound strange to many people. And the idea that they can be a source of redemption and healing probably sounds downright absurd. But the novelist Walker Percy (1916-1990) believed just that. To Percy, a writer and philosopher from Louisiana, modern man’s great struggle was
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The phrases “I’m offended” and “that’s offensive” are ones we hear fairly often today. Why? I’m not sure to be perfectly honest, and I’m probably ill-suited to answer the question, since there are very few things that offend me. One theory, posited by scholar Christina Hoff Sommers, suggests that in our culture today victimhood “confers
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, known less formally as Prince William and Princess Kate, announced over Labor Day weekend that they are expecting their third child. Congratulations are in order, and not merely for the customary reasons. The royal couple is clearly doing its fair share to address Europe’s looming population nightmare, which in
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Evidence suggests that socialism is becoming more popular in the United States. Yet there is reason to believe this is at least partly because Americans are pretty much clueless as to what socialism is. It’s been shown time and again that many people who say they love socialism cannot accurately describe its basic tenets if
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