Western Civilization

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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It’s Time To Go on the Offensive With Public School Reading Lists 0
- Culture, Education, Family, Featured, Literature, Western Civilization
- January 29, 2026
It’s often said that an individual will be same person five years down the road except for the books he reads and the people he meets. That’s likely the reason book battles in public schools and libraries have become so intense in recent years – fill a child’s mind with salacious and subversive ideas, and
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What Baby Vance and Benjamin Franklin Have in Common 0
- Culture, Family, Featured, History, Religion, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- January 23, 2026
Of all the news to hit this last week, some of the happiest is that Vice President JD Vance and his wife are expecting a baby. “We are very excited to share the news that Usha is pregnant with our fourth child, a boy. Usha and the baby are doing well, and we are looking
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