Since World War II, New York City (NYC) residents have suffered from rent control. The very phrase implies that the city needs to intercede for tenants to ensure that unscrupulous landlords don’t charge too much for the properties they control. Although the system is Byzantine in its complexity, it remains popular. For … Read more
Eco-activists are experiencing hard times. They used to enjoy a certain prestige inside the radical left. Theirs was a win-win proposition that invited everyone on board. The cause—the saving of the planet—is naturally attractive because it includes everyone, not just some oppressed minorities or identities. The drama of the cause further lent … Read more
October 13 marks the anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun, the culmination of Our Lady’s apparitions to three shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal, in 1917. This great miracle, witnessed by more than 70,000 people, was the first time since the Resurrection of Our Lord that God performed a public miracle that … Read more
Many historic parishes around the United States rejected the architectural embellishments that marked them as distinctively Catholic during the roughly thirty years after the Second Vatican Council. Many parishioners mourned as high altars, murals, windows and other features were carted away, covered over, or simply destroyed. Others silently wept as sacred decorations … Read more
The first posters announcing the Emperor Napoleon’s excommunication appeared in Paris in the early summer of 1809. Soon thereafter, the distribution of documents on the relations between France and the Holy See began. Immediately, the French police began their investigations which it hoped would quickly lead to the arrest of those responsible. … Read more
The left has always been adept at using language to promote its revolution. After all, Stalin once said that ideas are more powerful than guns. Thus, the left works hard to craft key words and expressions that resonate with the public, inflame passions and gather sympathy for its cause. Its ideological wordsmiths … Read more
Most leftists associate fascist groups and individuals with representing the “far right.” However, fascism did not originate from the political right. It is a radical form of socialism, leading to one of history’s most significant ideological misunderstandings. There is nothing rightist or conservative about fascism. Traditional conservatism supports limited government and individual … Read more
China’s massive economic problems can be boiled down to two related issues: underpopulation and overproduction. Both are easy to trace to government policies and communist ideology. A Population Disaster A recent article in Fortune spelled out the population issues in stark and simple terms. “China may be the only nation that could … Read more
Pro-homosexual activists working inside the Catholic Church used to ask for pastoral openness as a means to gain sympathy for their cause. They knew that as long as Church doctrine defined homosexual acts as intrinsically disordered and gravely sinful, they were limited to cries for “inclusion” and “welcome.” Now, however, activists are … Read more
As we observe the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira—the founder of the Brazilian Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property and inspirer of all other TFPs around the world—we must pause to consider not only his past life but, above all, what makes him … Read more