Remember, Remember, the 9th of November

By |2023-11-08T17:45:55-06:00November 8th, 2023|Categories: Bradley J. Birzer, Communism, Foreign Affairs, Freedom, History, Politics, Timeless Essays|

Socialism did not kill merely the body—it sought to extinguish the soul and all belief in anything transcendent in the human person. As we celebrate the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, it is time to remember and reclaim man’s oldest faith, a faith in one Almighty God who make each of us [...]

Westward Expansion: How the West was Won?

By |2023-09-26T17:40:19-05:00September 26th, 2023|Categories: American Founding, American Republic, Bruce Frohnen, Foreign Affairs, Timeless Essays|

Most westward expansion was morally ambiguous, with blame and praise earned on both sides, but expansion was almost always made worse by a progressive drive on the part of the government. Our friend Brad Birzer’s musings on his trip to the West (God’s country, the home of all good men, etc.) raise some important issues. [...]

On Saint Patrick, Saint Augustine, Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh), & Us

By |2023-09-18T17:26:25-05:00September 18th, 2023|Categories: Christianity, Foreign Affairs, Saint Patrick, St. Augustine, Western Civilization|

The West's primary threat still lies in the East. And yet, like the late Romans and Byzantines—and the Roman captives whom Saint Patrick encountered—we are poised to surrender people, churches, monuments, and lands rather than stand our ground. Last Spring, I read a biographical novel about Saint Patrick. We do not have much firsthand information [...]

Antidote to the American Dream: Cardinal Mindszenty’s “Memoirs”

By |2023-08-06T21:28:28-05:00August 7th, 2023|Categories: Books, Catholicism, Communism, Fascism, Foreign Affairs|

József Cardinal Mindszenty's memoir is an epic of the great suffering of the Hungarian nation and of this man’s participation in it, out of his love for his people, his Church, and his God. In addition to the cruelties of totally repugnant totalitarianism, he endured abandonment by the Church, culminating in heartbreaking treatment by the [...]

The Kornilov Affair

By |2023-07-04T17:24:41-05:00July 4th, 2023|Categories: Europe, Foreign Affairs, History, Mark Malvasi, Russia, Senior Contributors, Ukraine|

Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, the the head of the Wagner Group, advanced on Moscow when the government refused to address his criticisms of the war effort in Ukraine. There is an obscure episode in Russian history that provides a revealing, albeit imperfect, analogue to this recent event: the so-called Kornilov Affair of 1917. For twenty-four [...]

Remembering in Gratitude Those Who Did Their Duty to the Republic

By |2023-06-02T11:47:54-05:00May 28th, 2023|Categories: Foreign Affairs, Memorial Day, Military, Timeless Essays, W. Winston Elliott III|

Today I honor the men and women of the United States military who have sacrificed their lives while doing their duty to the Republic. For them, and their families, I ask God to bless them and keep them. And for the fallen of the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army [...]

The Ukraine War, the Pope, & the West

By |2023-05-10T18:32:52-05:00May 10th, 2023|Categories: Europe, Foreign Affairs, Pope Francis, Ukraine, Viktor Orbán|

We believe in a Europe of nations. The only remedy is to strengthen nations—not only Hungary, but nations in general. This is the basis of Western culture, this is the basis of Western competitive advantage, this—the nations—is what made the West great. On May 5, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was interviewed on the Kossuth Radio [...]

The Challenge Confronting Conservatives: Sustaining a Republic of Hustlers

By |2022-12-08T18:21:22-06:00December 8th, 2022|Categories: Conservatism, Foreign Affairs, Timeless Essays|Tags: , , |

If in fact the prudential, im­mediate goal of conservatives is simply to defend what remains of our heritage and forestall a slide into anarchy, then what is it conservatives can do to sustain our Republic of Hustlers? At our 2009 annual meeting, the Scholars Council of the Library of Congress was exposed to some surreal [...]

The Monroe Doctrine

By |2022-12-01T17:12:58-06:00December 1st, 2022|Categories: American Founding, American Republic, Bradley J. Birzer, Europe, Foreign Affairs, History, John Quincy Adams, Senior Contributors, Timeless Essays|

In his ideas regarding American foreign policy, James Monroe echoed both Washington and Jefferson, yet he had to worry about things neither of them did—in particular, European involvement in the affairs of the republics of the Western Hemisphere. His policy needed to follow the diplomatic thought of the previous administrations while also adapting to quickly [...]

Why Switzerland Hates You (and Why She Should)

By |2022-09-21T09:15:02-05:00September 19th, 2022|Categories: Foreign Affairs, Marcia Christoff Reina|

Switzerland remains feisty, free, and a bright beacon in a dark age for a collapsing civilization that should be looking to its example. For those weaned on the open-borders, Leftist humanitarian brainwashing of modern times, here are a few rules from the Singapore of Central Europe. “When all the world is socialist, Switzerland will have [...]

Good and Bad Nationalism

By |2022-08-25T14:02:01-05:00August 25th, 2022|Categories: Foreign Affairs, History, Joseph Pearce, Nationalism, Patriotism, Senior Contributors|

The spirit of good nationalism is inseparable from the spirit of humility. It loves its neighbours. A good nationalist loves the good nationalists in other nations because they love their country as he loves his. A good nationalist knows that bad nationalism is merely imperialism wearing a patriotic mask. Nationalism has a bad name and [...]

Can David Slay the Globalist Goliath?

By |2022-06-22T17:25:46-05:00June 22nd, 2022|Categories: Foreign Affairs, Joseph Pearce, Nationalism, Senior Contributors|

Each nation, however small, is called to be a new David. It is through the small and beautiful power of local cultures that the globalist Goliath will be defeated. There are two types of nationalism. There is the “nationalism” of the great nations which all too often manifests itself in the imposition of the nation’s [...]

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