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Showing Up: The Quiet Strength That Shapes Who We Become
- Culture, Featured, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- April 18, 2025
As Western Civilization proceeds from “dawn to decadence,” here are five movies that may help viewers ponder what went wrong and what they should do at “the end of all things.” 1. The Mosquito Coast (1986) Allie Fox (Harrison Ford in one of his best performances) is an eccentric inventor who is disgusted by the crassness of
READ MOREEdmund Burke famously said in his Reflections on the Revolution in France: “To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon we belong to in society, is the first principle (the germ as it were) of public affections.” Burke’s assertion was a challenge to the French radicals’ promotion of the idea that citizens
READ MOREWithout any ado, here are ten pictures that convey how far Western Civilization has fallen over the last centuries. 1. Mozart conducting one of his own settings of the Mass, circa 1780; modern church service with rock band 2. Crowd watching baseball game, early twentieth century; crowd watching baseball game, early twenty-first century 3. St.
READ MOREThe assassination of Abraham Lincoln on Good Friday, April 14, 1865 at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C., is one of the most dramatic and famous events of American history. Yet beyond the familiar, basic facts of the story, there are many fascinating details relating to John Wilkes Booth’s conspiracy, the execution of his plot, and
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