The world is sliding towards confusion. It clings to the slippery slope, but is unable to stay in place — I have a presentiment of impending upheavals, I probe the imminent days with my nerves and I absorb all their … Continue reading
Author Archives: Charles A. Coulombe
The First Partition of Poland
The Polish self-image as a “Christ among nations” or the martyr of Europe can be traced back to its history of Christendom and suffering under invasions. During the periods of foreign occupation, the Catholic Church served as a bastion of … Continue reading
What’s Going on with Germany?
What is the German’s fatherland? So name the great land to me, already! As far as the German tongue sounds And sings songs to God in heaven: That shall it be! That shall it be! That, brave German, call that … Continue reading
What’s Going on with France?
Sweet France, dear land of my childhood, cradle of so much carefree joy, I have kept you in my heart, my village with its steeple and wise houses, where children my age shared my happiness, yes, I love you, and … Continue reading
What’s Going on in England?
If England was what England seems, An’ not the England of our dreams, But only putty, brass, an’ paint, ‘Ow quick we’d chuck ‘er! But she ain’t! —Rudyard Kipling LOVE her or hate her, the United Kingdom of Great Britain … Continue reading
Understanding the Iranian Monarchy
Think, in this batter’d Caravanserai Whose Portals are alternate Night and Day, How Sultan after Sultan with his Pomp Abode his destined Hour, and went his way. —Omar Khayyam, “The Rubaiyat,” trans. Edward Fitzgerald THE RECENT demonstrations against the Iranian … Continue reading
So Far from God…
Pobre México: tan lejos de Dios y tan cerca de los Estados Unidos. Poor little Mexico — So far from God, and so close to the United States. —Mexican Proverb. The World awoke on January 3, 2026 to find that … Continue reading
The Intelligent American’s Guide to the French Right V: Post-War Blues
This is the fifth and last in a series. Here are parts one to four: The Intelligent American’s Guide to the French Right, I The Intelligent American’s Guide to the French Right II: Maurras and Mussolini The Intelligent American’s Guide … Continue reading
The Intelligent American’s Guide to the French Right IV: Against Two Evils
This is the fourth in a series. Here are parts one to three: The Intelligent American’s Guide to the French Right, I The Intelligent American’s Guide to the French Right II: Maurras and Mussolini The Intelligent American’s Guide to the … Continue reading
The Intelligent American’s Guide to the French Right III: Condemnation, Missed Opportunities, and Vindication
This is the third in a series. Here are parts one and two: The Intelligent American’s Guide to the French Right, I The Intelligent American’s Guide to the French Right II: Maurras and Mussolini The Croix de Feu rose up … Continue reading
The Intelligent American’s Guide to the French Right II: Maurras and Mussolini
Go here for part I: The Intelligent American’s Guide to the French Right On the land without a Monarchy The enemy descends four times in a hundred years; We have saved the Fatherland, But what has been done with the … Continue reading
The Intelligent American’s Guide to the French Right
French people, let us speak with courage. Born on the soil that our Kings gathered, We receive as inheritance, The field less rich, and less large than before… Yet it is the same seed, The same earth too, Who has … Continue reading
In Memoriam: Gary Potter
Our hopes for early glory fail, The causes that we fought for die; Still avidly His Cross we hail, In silhouette against the sky. — Charles A. Coulombe, “To Gary Potter.” GARY POTTER has died; these lines are among the … Continue reading
On El Camino Real — The King’s Highway
I have placed all my confidence in God, from whose goodness I hope He will grant me to reach not only San Diego to raise the standard of the Holy Cross in that port, but also Monterey. —St. Junipero Serra, … Continue reading
Catholicity, Waspery, and American Heritage
The star spangled banner bring hither, O’er Columbia’s true sons let it wave; May the wreaths they have won never wither, Nor its stars cease to shine on the brave. May thy service united ne’er sever, But hold to the … Continue reading
