Western Civilization

Hospitality, a Cornerstone of Culture 0
- Culture, Family, Featured, History, Literature, Western Civilization
- March 18, 2026
I recently read Sigrid Undset’s beautiful novel “Kristan Lavransdatter,” a tale of desire and regret set in medieval Norway. Undset has been rightly praised for the meticulous historical scholarship that informed the novel, offering us an authentic glimpse into the life of 14th-century Scandinavian culture. One feature of that culture that stood out to me
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How Not to Parent Like the Left 0
- Family, Featured, MomThink, Religion, Western Civilization
- March 17, 2026
Have you ever noticed the connection which seems to exist between the radical left and radical Islam? Sirvan Karimi studied this question in a 2025 article, noting that the partnership between these two groups “has trivialized the left’s anti-oppression commitment.” He also notes that the shared hatred of Western civilization may be the magnet between the
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Notes of an American Pessimist 0
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Politics, Western Civilization
- March 13, 2026
The writer of Ecclesiastes had seen enough of the world. Wealth, wisdom, labor, pleasure – he’d tried them all and arrived at the same conclusion: Vanity. A breath. A chasing after wind. No one seems to talk about Ecclesiastes anymore. Not even in Christian circles. Scholars and early Jewish rabbis have argued for centuries over
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Stories to Build the Minds and Souls of Gen Z Guys 0
- Culture, Education, Family, Featured, Literature, Western Civilization
- March 12, 2026
March is National Reading Month. Inspired by the March 2 birthday of Theodor Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss, the event is aimed at children, families, and communities, with a heavy emphasis on the younger crowd. Given the decline in reading and the increasing failure by many public schools to teach grade-level literacy, this emphasis should be applauded.
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Making Cities Livable Again 0
- Culture, Family, Featured, Philosophy, Western Civilization
- March 11, 2026
What makes a city good? Any human dwelling place is good insofar as it helps its inhabitants live well and achieve their ultimate end. The city must provide shelter, work, protection, and the other necessities of life. But a truly good city will support the flourishing of human life and community in all its dimensions:
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Embracing Heroes of the Past, Warts and All 0
- Culture, Featured, History, Religion, Western Civilization
- March 10, 2026
Saints are heroes, but heroes are rarely saints. When nuance was still a word in the American vocabulary, we understood that a hero came with warts. Take Robert E. Lee, for instance. Dwight Eisenhower pronounced Lee “one of the supremely gifted men produced by our Nation” and kept his portrait in the White House. Franklin Roosevelt described Lee as
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