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On history, culture and politics

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It Wasn’t Always Like This: Christopher Lasch on How America Went Wrong

Many of us believe that America has lost much of the strength and virtue which it once had. We see an America that isn’t working the way it should. And we know that corruption, incompetence, and division are on the rise....

Two Grandfathers, and Their Lost World

I often think about my grandfathers.

Excuses for Murder: The Left & Political Violence

On February 12, a young Frenchman was viciously beaten by a group of leftists. Violence has been a tool of the Left throughout its history.

“I Was Home. What Happened?!”

America, Israel, and Iran

An Old Monster Raises Its Head: Persecution of Christians in Europe & North America

Did you know that in Canada, at least 123 Christian churches have been vandalized, desecrated or destroyed by arson since 2021? Did you know that in May 2025, a church in Avignon, France was attacked by a group of Muslims who threatened to burn the building down, until parishioners managed to force the attackers out?

To Do a Job: The Men of World War I, in "They Shall Not Grow Old"

My great-uncle was once asked what his experiences were like as an American soldier in the First World War.

Charlie Kirk: He Was the Best of Us

On September 10, I logged into X, and I read something that stopped me in my tracks: “Charlie Kirk has been shot.” It was a shock, and it reminded me of when I received an email from a friend on July 13 last year, that Donald Trump had been shot.

A Call from the Muses: Visiting the Cleveland Museum of Art

Some things help to clean your mind and soul.

Senator Benton: from Duelist to Peacemaker

The U.S. Congress was beset with tension and anger in 1850. The nation was on the verge of being torn apart. The two largest political parties, Democrats and Whigs, were both divided into factions, partly because of different positions on slavery....

England Is Being Destroyed, from Within

As an old-fashioned Anglophile, the situation in England tears at my heart.