Western Civilization

Vice and Virtue in the American Republic 0
- Culture, Featured, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- July 6, 2026
Recently I watched my two-and-a-half-year-old granddaughter at play. She toddled up and down the side porch, stopping to eat a bite of the apple slice her mother had given her, fingering some Play-Mobile figurines, pausing to gaze out across the small side yard. She’s a bright kid with a large vocabulary, compliments of her seven
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It Took Outsiders to Remind Us What America Is 0
- Culture, Featured, International, Politics, Western Civilization
- July 2, 2026
I’m proud to be an American. I write those words because, somewhere along the way, to be a proud American felt more like a confession than a point of pride. In recent years, many Americans have been made to feel ashamed for being, well, American. As we mark 250 years of independence this July, it’s time to
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The Occult Hiding in Plain Sight 0
- Culture, Featured, Religion, Western Civilization
- July 1, 2026
In recent decades, occultism has grown significantly. In 2025, Pew Research Center found that 30% of Americans make use of astrology, tarot cards, or fortune tellers. But occult and esoteric beliefs, practices, and movements have been a part of mainstream culture – in a more veiled form – for a long time. My investigation into this began when
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Emotions Are (Not) King 0
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Western Civilization
- July 1, 2026
We live in a society in which emotions are king. Feel something? Do it! Desire something? Pursue it! In fact, our contemporary age almost seems to chaff at the idea of doing something in which your emotions are not invested. How can you do something out of duty and still “be yourself”? The Cultural Novelty of “Emotions”
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What Makes Someone an American?0
- Culture, Featured, History, Philosophy, Politics, Western Civilization
- June 17, 2026
Who is an American? Is it merely someone with a precious blue passport or Social Security card? Is it merely someone who accepts the basic tenets of the Declaration of Independence or thinks the Constitution is neat? It’s true that the Constitution constitutes our nation’s government. It is also true that there is likely no
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Generation AI and the Recovery of the Human Person 0
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Religion, Western Civilization
- June 15, 2026
For most of my life, technological advancements were a given. As a member of Generation Z, I grew up hearing that every new platform would make us more connected, every new device make us more efficient, and every new innovation make us more liberated. The future was always presented as something frictionless: Faster is better,
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