Once upon a time the terms Western civilization and Christian civilization were interchangeable. Very often they were abbreviated. That is, men simply said “the West” and everybody knew what was meant: lands and peoples whose laws as well as customs … Continue reading
Author Archives: Gary Potter
The March 25 Consecration and Ukraine
Mindful of the high degree of sensitivity attached to the issues being discussed here, and that both of them are the kinds of powder kegs that cause strife, I have opted to do something I very infrequently do and append … Continue reading
A Leader Worth Watching
No longer able to keep Americans terrified with the threat of covid, media and the deep state have reverted to their pre-pandemic alarmist cry: “The Russians are coming!” Hating Vladimir Putin is now as obligatory to being a good American … Continue reading
From Fear Toward Hope
In 1932, at his inauguration for his first term in office, an ebullient Franklin Roosevelt famously declared, “We have nothing to fear but fear itself.” In his manner as well as with his words, his aim was to rally a … Continue reading
Christ is King of More Than Our Hearts
Most regular visitors to the SBC website, and very many other Americans, see that the nation is in a sorry state. The increasing and worrying rate of inflation; the hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens flooding the country every month … Continue reading
Putin or Biden: Which Speaks Like a Christian Statesman?
A Catholic who adheres to the Faith as it was held doctrinally and practiced liturgically before post-Vatican II “reforms” can only dream of what the world might be like today, even with a Modernist pope in Rome, had the West … Continue reading
Where to From Here?
It was not surprising to hear the day after mainstream media proclaimed Joe Biden President-elect that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops officially congratulated him, hailing his declared victory as that of the “second Catholic President” in U.S. history. … Continue reading
Against Critical Race and Gender Theory
The struggle that has gone on for two centuries between righteous men seeking to safeguard true liberty and attached to family, community, tradition and God, and forces arrayed against them that would reduce everyone and everything to the lowest possible … Continue reading
The New Barbarism
When I was a young man I imagined that the end of a civilization would be dramatic. It turns out to be a lot less than that. The defense of an ancient city finally collapsing after a long siege and … Continue reading
Whom the Gods Would Destroy They First Make Mad
There is one thing about the future that can be predicted with absolute certainty. It is that everybody reading these lines will one day die, as will their author, and I rather sooner than most of you because I am … Continue reading
Three Recommendations
When we stand before the Lord for our particular judgement, how will He decide whether to admit us into the company of the saved (if only after a time of purification) or banish us from His presence forever? The question … Continue reading
Making Buildings Beautiful Again
There is no art form, whether it be painting, music, architecture or any other, that modernity with its inherent rejection of the past hasn’t made uglier, less enriching, less uplifting, than what used to exist. Abstraction did it to painting, … Continue reading
Harry and Meghan
We all want to be equal. The trouble is we are not. No matter in which department of life we excel, be it talent, native intelligence, social grace, looks or whatever, we can be quite certain others surpass us. Persons … Continue reading
Confronting the Third Globalism
Catholics who support President Trump have had two main reasons for doing so. 1) He is the most pro-life president the U.S. has had since the Supreme Court legalized the murder of pre-born babies in 1973. 2) He has not … Continue reading
Heading in the Right Direction
As when in 2016 corporate globalist media and ruling liberal elites were dumbfounded by the Brexit referendum in the U.K. and election of Donald Trump in the U.S., so also at the close of 2019 when British parliamentary elections produced … Continue reading