The belief that the raw mechanics of Capitalism, uninformed by any moral penumbra of ethics, religion or philosophy, has alone caused the great material increase of the West — is of itself suspect. Indeed, the Protestant Work Ethic, the idea of fair play, the conception of noblesse oblige, respect for contracts and law, the […]
There is no question that the sin of bearing false witness, either during a trial or as a tawdry means to blacken the good name of another for personal gain, is reprehensible and counter to the harmony of the City. The fact that this injustice is recognized as a grave affront to God carries […]
Perhaps I will be misunderstood in this, but Conservative Christians run the risk of passing into idolatry when they hold that their particular political ideology is consistent with the Mind of God. I do not say this lightly, for only God knows how invested and indebted I am to the minimalist constitutional dream that is […]
Before the time of the Great Disenchantment, when the Sun of the Risen Lord still hung heavily in the hearts of the Western Kingdoms. Where the thundering miracle of life still held its solemn gravity in the Houses of God, and the greatest gift from the Ancient of Days to mortal man was the helpless […]
Augustine’s City of God, perhaps the greatest work of literature springing from the Latin tongue, offers us a treatise on the nature of human and heavenly government by positing two dichotomies: The City of God and The City of Man. Among its themes, Augustine contemplates man’s utopian dream of perfecting the earthly heaven. Man’s eternal […]
I think that deep within myself, in a place deeper than the not inconsiderable layers of books, meditations and lectures that have collectively formed my world view, I should desire that the earth be a place of plenty, equality, happiness, and harmony. It would not surprise me that this hope was, in some variation or […]
Many women have had abortions and I dare say that the great majority of them feel a gnawing sense of loss, if not worse, at having arrived at this decision. But those who evaluate this silent murder as some emancipated badge of courage that flows from an enlightened moral evolution are either pathological to the […]
It is written that the totality of the Law and the Prophets is contained within the following: to love the Lord God with an unwavering zeal and to hold the love of one’s fellow men in similar, albeit lesser esteem. This hierarchy is legislated for two distinct reasons. First, it serves as a schoolmaster — […]
In the quarrel between Progressives and Conservatives, so many of the former believe that we are nostalgic for some Norman Rockwell rendering of an America that exists only as a furtive dream. Therefore, it is no surprise that the calculated meme of White Privilege should today be revived like some brainless zombie and sent to […]
How difficult it had to have been for Jay Carney. Even if one is a True Believer of the Progressive faith, the constant drumbeat of incompetence and scandal had to have been wearing on him—like a bulletproof vest that has been used too many times. Even now, as he leaves the H.M.S. Titanic on […]
