Last June, I accompanied our High School on a trip to a living history museum, which is a museum that recreates a specific time in history, bringing to life the challenges, lifestyle, political, social and economic sphere of the people … Continue reading
In my article, “On Great Souls and Little Souls,” I tried to show the very tangible criteria by which we may safely see Little Souls like St. Therese, St. Elizabeth of the Trinity, and Servant of God Marcel Van as … Continue reading
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
This is the true father of the fatherland, its defender, its lord and ruler — not a squanderer of another man’s property, but an honest steward of the public good. With these words, Gallus Anonymus (Latin: Gallus Anonimus), an otherwise … Continue reading
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
This is the text of the talk I gave at the 2025 Saint Benedict Center Conference in October. “MAY you live in interesting times!” So goes an ancient and proverbial Chinese curse, short and pithy, but packed with enigmatic Asiatic … Continue reading
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
Pope Leo’s apostolic letter, In Unitate Fidei (“in the Unity of Faith”), raises serious concerns over its treatment of core Catholic teachings. The letter, dated November 23, concerns the 1700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicea in 325, and … Continue reading
It is impossible to read The Story of a Soul and not be struck by St. Therese’s marked predilection for the word littleness. She likes to compare herself to a little toy or a little ball belonging to the Infant … Continue reading
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
If you haven’t already noticed, our culture is becoming increasingly “monstra-fied.” Is this a sign of our broad-mindedness and growth in compassion? Are there good qualities to be found in monsters? Do they have a few noble motives and desires? … Continue reading
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
“You are so deeply engraved on my heart that the more I realize how truly you love me from the depths of your soul, the more incapable I am of forgetting you, and the more constantly you are in my … Continue reading
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 my most recent Ad Rem, On the Boy Jesus and the Doctors of the Law, I did something I rarely do. I quoted from the Talmud. Someone on social media took exception to my doing so, and I explained … Continue reading
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