Twilight Patriot

If I could recommend one book to a new student of history, who wants to see late colonial America through the eyes of those who lived in it, what would that book be? If I were to add one book to the curriculum for high school…

What is meant by the spoliation of American popular culture? Alexander Macris, author of the right-wing Substack “Contemplations on the Tree of Woe,” thinks he has an answer. Here is how he explains it in a post from…

Since I am not a full-time political commentator (I still have to work with my hands during the daytime), I wasn’t able to react to J.D. Vance’s recent remarks in Munich as quickly as I would have liked. Still, what the new vice…

In the flurry of news items coming out of the presidential inauguration, one of them stands out for its uniqueness: J.D. Vance’s complaint, a few days before being sworn in as vice president, that he would prefer to have spent the evening…

Most Americans and Europeans are well aware that they belong to a culture that has long been shaped by its love of science and engineering. But ask them what era in our history that technological impulse can be traced to, and I…

If you want to understand the hypocrisy of globalist leftism, there is perhaps no better example than the vastly different media responses to recent events in South Korea and Romania.The failed coup in South Korea got a lot of…

C.S. Lewis was a prolific writer. People who are aware of only his seven Narnia stories — the ones where he fits as much Christian theology as he can into allegories for children — are overlooking a lot. From the nihilistic…

Some years ago, a university that I once attended decided to promote new orchestral music by premiering three original compositions at three successive years’ end concerts. (The main items on the programs were works by Mahler,…

On October 30 of this year, Botswana will hold its 13th set of general elections.The Republic of Botswana rarely makes international news. With only 2.6 million inhabitants, this southern African country ranks between Mississippi…

If you’ve been following the antics of the leftward half of America’s political class, then you’ll notice pretty quickly that, ever since Kamala Harris got nominated for president, an upbeat mood has prevailed. To the left,…