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The Freedom of Being Tied Down
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Religion
- June 5, 2026

Though talk of America taking over Greenland has died down recently, the bold foreign policy strategy has taken many of all political persuasions by surprise. It should. Western political thought has long resolved that freedom and national self-determination are political goods that far outweigh security, regardless of the potential for danger. Conservative political commentators often
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In two different states we’re seeing the immediate negative effects of recent elections. New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani promised lots of freebies on the campaign trail, along with higher taxes on the wealthy. No freebies yet, but multimillionaires are already packing their bags. The Mamdani administration further displayed its incompetence during the recent snowstorm, with long delays
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Conservatism has been on the rise in recent years. Yet with that rise, it increasingly seems that conservatives, even those who identify as Christians, have begun to trade the essence of the conservative temperament for a right-wing adaptation of postmodern angst and edginess. Edginess? It’s a fitting word for this spirit for, as Merriam-Webster defines
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It’s often said that “tenderness leads to the gas chambers.” Derived from a passage in Flannery O’Connor’s work, “Mystery and Manners,” the full quote in context gives a solid lesson on how compassion untethered to virtue can lead to disaster and ruin: If other ages felt less, they saw more, even though they saw with
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Don Lemon made a little boy cry and Hollywood couldn’t be happier. On a Sunday in January, Lemon led a group of disruptive “protestors” into Cities Church in St. Paul, Minn., to scream at the parishioners about Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers who allegedly attended the church. Lemon, a former CNN host, gleefully filmed
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Thanks to voters in Northern Virginia and Democrat bastions like Richmond, the Old Dominion State now has a governor and a legislature determined to bring massive changes to state law and culture. The Virginia Senate has already put together an amendment to the state constitution guaranteeing the “fundamental right to reproductive freedom,” meaning abortion up
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