Western Civilization

Cicero’s 5 Steps to a Good Conversation 0
- Uncategorized, Culture, Featured, History, Philosophy, Western Civilization
- May 13, 2026
We’ve all been there. We’re hanging out with friends, mingling after church, or attending a networking event, yet despite our best efforts, conversation falls flat. This can happen for many reasons, but generally, the two primary issues are either that our conversation partners drop the ball, or that we ourselves can’t think of anything to
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Scratches, Warps, and the Art of Owning Art 0
- Culture, Featured, Western Civilization
- May 13, 2026
My new (to me) car is a 2014 commuter. Nothing about it is glamorous. A co-worker has affectionately referred to the paint color as casket blue, if that tells you anything. But my car has a built-in CD player, and I consider that dated feature worth commenting on. The plan is simple. Seek out well-loved CDs
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If Americans Are So Accepting, Why Do Many of Us Now View Each Other as Morally Bankrupt?0
- Culture, Featured, Politics, Western Civilization
- May 13, 2026
Most Americans have a “live-and-let-live” attitude toward morality. “Does it hurt anyone else?” Americans ask. If the answer is no, then the action is morally acceptable. We see this moral code play out in many current U.S. cultural debates: sexuality, abortion, marijuana. “My body, my choice,” people say, or “love is love,” both statements which
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America Needs Elites … But Not the Kind That We Think 0
- Culture, Education, Featured, History, Politics, Western Civilization
- April 15, 2026
“I am obliged to confess I should sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a society governed by the two thousand faculty members of Harvard University,” William F. Buckley Jr. once quipped. It was likely a fair judgment when he said it, and if
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It’s Time to Stop Being Conservative 0
- Culture, Featured, Politics, Western Civilization
- April 13, 2026
After much thought and prayer, I’m realizing that it’s time for me to stop being a conservative. In some ways, what you just read might be described as clickbait, and yet in another, more profound way, it is true. I have not changed my beliefs. I still believe in the Blessed Trinity, in Western society
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Like It or Not, It’s Time To Do Away With No-Fault Divorce 0
- Family, Featured, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- April 10, 2026
Raise your hand if someone close to you – friend, relative, co-worker – has been personally touched by divorce. Sadly, I’ve been able to raise my hand for all three at certain points of my life, and I wouldn’t be surprised if you can as well. Perhaps you’ve even been divorced yourself. The prevalence of
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