The culture war between George Orwell and the left is soon to enter its tenth decade, and the newest salvo has just been launched. In a Financial Times ( FT) article entitled “How George

Nadya Williams holds a Ph.D. in Classics from Princeton University and is the author of Cultural Christians in the Early Church , Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic: Ancient

Criticizing modern ideologues in his book The Politics of Prudence, Russell Kirk (1918–1994) noted that it was “the practical statesman, rather than the visionary recluse, who has maintained

Earlier this year, in a subcommittee hearing, Republican Senator Josh Hawley called out insurance companies for their alleged fraudulent practices after natural disasters: “At the end of the

On a number of occasions, I taught American Government in the state prison. I would enter via the front gate, go through security, then make my way across the prison yard, between the cell

USA Today announced in April of 2025 that for “three decades, the percentage of Americans who identify as Christian has steadily declined, a trend confirmed by countless studies. For many

The election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who took the name Leo XIV, on May 8, 2025, was greeted the world over with nearly universal acclaim. Pope Leo XIV, born on Chicago’s South

It is well established that the story of the French Revolution and the American founding is largely one of interaction and mutual influence. From Publius’ deference to Montesquieu to

Christianity has come to Silicon Valley, according to The New York Times (February 11, 2025) and this publication (Summer 2025), thanks in part to local churches teaching how a high-tech

We often hear that Thomas Jefferson got his anthropology wrong, a fact best seen in his dismissal of original sin’s effects and his apparent trust in “the people.” But is this really a full

“Like religion, education is nothing or it is everything—a consuming fire in the bones.” —Charlotte Mason During World War Two, as the Allies endeavored to win the war against the Axis

For many years, Christianity was a soft target for critics of Western culture who interpreted its sexual codes as oppressive, its missionaries as agents of imperialism who destroyed