Western Civilization

Pride? The Last Thing We Need More Of 8
- Politics, Culture, Western Civilization
- June 26, 2023
Pop singers and actors can be reliably counted on to engage in voluminous virtue signaling around Pride Month. One can almost imagine directives going out telling celebrities to promote the LGBTQ ideology. No surprise then that, for example, Taylor Swift did what she did at a concert recently: Her concerts, she proclaimed, are “a celebratory
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In Canada, the West’s Suicide Is Becoming Literal 0
- Western Civilization, Culture, International
- June 16, 2023
The suicide of the West is becoming reality. According to the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, Canada saw a sharp increase in government-assisted suicides last year, with an estimated 13,500 taking place in 2022. This is a 35% increase from 2021, when 10,064 took their lives through the program. The number represented 3.3% of all deaths in Canada in 2021,
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The Quest for the Best: Is it in the Eye of the Beholder?2
- Culture, Western Civilization
- October 28, 2022
The claim that beauty is in the eye of the beholder is an expression of philosophical relativism. It confuses and conflates goodness, truth and beauty with preference, prejudice and opinion. Preference has a kinship with prejudice and is often kindled by it. It can distort our ability to see beauty. Many young people prefer rock
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What Thought-Leaders Can Learn from St. Augustine 1
- Philosophy, Culture, Western Civilization
- October 13, 2022
Public discourse is at a nadir. There is plenty of debate, especially over politics and morality. But it is generating way more heat than light. People on all sides are frustrated with their opponents. “Why don’t they see the light?” For any single interlocutor, one possible answer is that the person is not actually seeking
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The Revival of Phonics May Sound the Death Knell for Tyranny 14
- Education, History, Western Civilization
- October 10, 2022
I came across some good news today. The kind of news that makes me think there is some hope for America and its citizens. “What is this good news?” you might ask. It’s simple, really: schools are beginning to teach phonics again. “Is that all?” I can hear you reply. “That’s not such a big
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The Classics Are for Everyone, Not Just Old, Dead, White Men 6
- Education, History, Literature, Western Civilization
- October 7, 2022
Yes, yes, and yes! That was what I shouted, in the silence of my heart, when I finished Louis Markos’ online review “How Classical Education Can Liberate Black America.” Earlier that same week, I’d read yet another account of an attack on the classics of Western civilization, the Great Books as they were once called,
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