Western Civilization

Lipstick on a Pig: What Natural Beauty Says About Morality 0
- Culture, Featured, MomThink, Philosophy, Western Civilization
- February 10, 2026
If you’ve ever seen a little girl with a toy makeup kit, you’ve likely seen something akin to a cat who got in a fight and lost – badly. The compilation of green eyeshadow on one eye, blue on the other, hot pink blush, and reddish-brown lipstick may look like a patchwork quilt to adults,
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Preserving Our Country With Clio vs. the Mob 0
- Culture, Economics, Featured, History, Politics, Western Civilization
- February 9, 2026
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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The Problem With ‘Edgy’ Conservatism 1
- Culture, Featured, Politics, Western Civilization
- February 6, 2026
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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Compassion and Tolerance Without Faith and Virtue Can Be Deadly 0
- Culture, Featured, Politics, Western Civilization
- February 5, 2026
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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Why We Can Know God Exists 0
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Religion, Western Civilization
- February 2, 2026
Humans possess a natural sense that there is something higher than themselves. Throughout history, some thinkers even argued that merely understanding the word “God” proves His existence. If God means the greatest possible being, and existing in reality is greater than existing only in the mind, then God must exist. Others claimed that since truth
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‘Sic Semper Tyrannis’ – a Semiquincentennial Battle Cry 0
- Featured, Politics, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- January 30, 2026
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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