The center doesn’t hold here
On the decline of New York, a sketch at Chronicles Magazine from before the pandemic.
My review of Marcel De Corte, Intelligence in Danger of Death
My review of Marcel De Corte’s Intelligence in Danger of Death has been published in Catholic Social Science Review.
The Old Right and the Recovery of Social Order
The following essay was written for A Paleoconservative Anthology: New Voices for an Old Tradition, edited by Paul Gottfried, but was left out (apparently due to an administrative slip-up—editorial changes, author’s bio etc. had all been agreed on). A slightly revised version will be published in the Australian journal Observer and Review.
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… More ...The world, the Gospel, and the Most Real Being
I discuss progressive Christianity at Catholic World Report.
Conversation with Larry Chapp
I discuss my recent book The Decomposition of Man with Larry Chapp and Rodney Howsare on Dr. Chapp’s podcast.
How real is our democracy?
I discuss American democracy, elite rule, and propaganda, with brief comments on what to do, at Catholic World Report.
A paper tiger?
Here’s the text of my lecture at the 2024 Roman Forum conference at Lake Garda in Italy:
A PAPER TIGER?
Introduction
We have been discussing responses to the inhuman global order now under construction. I will discuss the outlook for that order, and so the environment we will be operating in. I will concentrate on … More ...
Politics without truth
Lies, damn lies, statistics, expert consensus—where and how will it end? I discuss at Catholic World Report.
Tweets and tyrants
I moan and groan about a twitterized world at Catholic World Report.
Backwards and forwards
Do the Pope’s complaints about “backwardism” make sense? I discuss at Catholic World Report.