Walker Larson

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Walker Larson
Walker Larson holds a BA in writing and an MA in English literature. Prior to becoming a writer, he taught literature and history at a private academy in Wisconsin. He is the author of two novels, Hologram and Song of Spheres. When not working on his acreage or spending time with family and friends, he blogs about literature and education on his Substack, The Hazelnut.

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Living Under the Tyranny of the Casual 3
- Culture, Featured, History, Religion, Western Civilization
- October 22, 2025
Look at any old photograph of people from a hundred years ago and one of the most striking things about it is how well dressed everyone was. Even men out laboring in the fields or fishing in rivers, their sleeves rolled up and foreheads slick with sweat, often wore button ups, sometimes even with a
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The Powerful Vocation of Making a Home 15
- Culture, Economics, Family, Featured, MomThink, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- October 14, 2025
“If you want to bring happiness to the whole world, go home and love your family,” is a quote attributed to Mother Teresa. In her Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, she elaborated: “If we love, naturally, we will try to do something. First in our own home, our next door neighbor, in the country we live, in
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Is Christian Renaissance About to Come From an Unexpected Source?37
- Culture, Featured, International, Religion, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- October 6, 2025
The Christian civilization of Europe is a dying ember, a ghost of its glorious past. The decline in religiosity, the growth of secularism, and the collapse of traditional Western values all attest to this fact. Walking down the streets of Europe, one hears mostly the echoes of a Christian civilization slowly fading into memory. There’s
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To Run or Rebuild?20
- Culture, Featured, Politics, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- September 30, 2025
Trust in our institutions – religious, medical, educational, cultural, or governmental – has eroded significantly in the last century, especially in the last decade. Conservatives in particular lament the sad state of our institutions which they view as co-opted by forces hostile to the best interests of Americans. Marxist theorist Rudi Dutschke’s “long march through
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