Young Americans Are Self-Identifying as: Normal

Young Americans Are Self-Identifying as: Normal

As the “LGBTQ+” alphabet grew ever longer over the years, it became trendy to identify as something other than male and female. Pronouns proliferated to correspond to a confusing array of newly minted “genders.” Non-binary identification—those calling themselves neither male nor female—surged as people sought to be what they were not. It … Read more

Never Underestimate the Power of a Well-Placed TFP Banner

Never Underestimate the Power of a Well-Placed TFP Sign

In the small town of Questa, New Mexico, someone put up a simple sign with a strong moral message in front of the local Catholic Church. The large sign reads, “God’s Marriage = 1 man + 1 woman.” In normal times, such a message would hardly be controversial. Nothing is more Christian … Read more

A Master of the Apocalypse Wins the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature

A Master of the Apocalypse Wins the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature

Imagine literary works with plots in dystopian settings where the characters act within an unraveling social order. Apocalyptic events abound inside absurd situations. This is the literature of Laszlo Krasznahorkai. There is more. Imagine an unreadable and drawn-out style. Think of run-on texts that are like rivers of black ink that frantically … Read more

Looking at the Postmodern Causes of the Population Implosion

Looking at the Postmodern Causes of the Population Implosion

Suddenly, a demographic winter is upon us. We have seen it coming for decades. However, the effects of this population implosion are now starting to unfold. Nation after nation reports low birth rates and aging populations. No country is exempt from its devastation. The lack of children is starting to have grave … Read more

How Our Lady Gave Us Back the Color Blue

How Our Lady Gave Us Back the Color Blue

Most people imagine that antiquity was much like our own times. They think people back then did and appreciated the same things we do. We do not realize how Christianity opened up a world of beauty, joys and delights that pagan peoples did not enjoy. We take many magnificent cultural achievements for … Read more

338 Trillion Is a Lot of Anything

338 Trillion Is a Lot of Anything

The figure 338 trillion is overwhelming. It is something beyond the human imagination. We might think of the number of gallons of water in the sea, the number of molecules in a mountain or the distance to the farthest star. The number seems far beyond the reach of any human achievement. Three … Read more

The Climate for ‘Climate Change’ Has Changed

The Climate for ‘Climate Change’ Has Changed

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

Why Has the American Left Lost Its Power of Expression?

Why Has the American Left Lost Its Power of Expression?

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

Where Do Homosexual Activists Want the Church to Go?

Where Do Homosexual Activists Want the Church to Go?

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