The Epic Spirit

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The Epic Spirit 3

We need to define what we mean by epopee and the epic spirit well. Epopee is the marvelous, not only the aesthetic marvelous but the marvelous placed in battle array and exposed to risk, even imminent risk. Epopee is the marvelous of heroism. From this one can infer what the epic spirit … Read more

A Threat to Private Property in America

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A Threat to Private Property in America 2

Martha Boneta, a local farmer from Fauquier County, Virginia, has engaged in criminal behavior by hosting a birthday party on her farm for eight 10 year-old girls. Her crime was not obtaining a land-use permit, and she has been threatened with $5,000 in fines. The land-use permit Boneta did not obtain is … Read more

Can a Catholic Recognize the “Rights of Gay Couples”?

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Can a Catholic Recognize the “Rights of Gay Couples”? 2

Even in the Catholic world, a dangerous conviction is making inroads in the sense that legal recognition of homosexual unions would be the only way to counter the advance of “gay marriage.” “No to gay marriage, yes to recognition of the rights of de factocouples and homosexuals,” is the watchword spread by … Read more

The Foreboding Appearance of Something Going Very Wrong

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The Foreboding Appearance of Something Going Very Wrong 2

Of all the great problems of European Civilization that historians and commentators of current complexities like to study for similarities and possible solutions, few if any ranks as more important than the “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.” It went from its greatest territorial expansion under the emperor Trajan at the … Read more

Sowing the Seeds Of Failure

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Sowing the Seeds Of Failure 2

One local farmer from Akron, Ohio, seventy year-old Donald Bessemer, has stopped farming lettuce, corn, squash and peppers and will now only produce soybeans. His long time farm stand is now permanently closed and with it, thirty employees are out of a job. In addition to this, his locally grown produce has … Read more

Dignity

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Dignity 2

A magistrate has a dignity that is proper to him that a servant does not have. Dignity and mutual respect in dealing with men make social life bearable and even agreeable. Because of the sad consequences of Original Sin coupled the vulgarity of our times, human convivium becomes impossible or at least … Read more

The Offshoring Frenzy Hangover

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The Offshoring Frenzy Hangover 2

For more than thirty years, manufacturing trends have favored the developing world and worked against the interests of the United States. Punitive federal and state laws and soaring labor costs coupled with unrealistic union demands made U.S. manufacturing increasingly difficult and foreign production more appealing. But did every company make a sound … Read more

The Rule Of: If It Feels Good, Do It

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The Rule Of: If It Feels Good, Do It 1

Almost everyone knows those who used marijuana at some point in their lives, and few claim that they have observed profound or lasting effects from the drug. So it cannot be that bad. After all, we live in a society that frowns upon cigarette smoking and has strict laws governing alcohol, so … Read more

What is Christian Civilization?

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Considerations About Blessed Karl of Austria For Our Days 2

The course of history, contrary to the claims of so many philosophers and sociologists, is not traced exclusively or preponderantly by the dictates of matter over men. Without a doubt these have their influence in human action but the direction of history belongs to men, endowed as they are with free and … Read more

We Send Men to Fight Our Wild Fires

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We Send Men to Fight Our Wild Fires 3

The tragic deaths of nineteen firefighters at a runaway fire in Arizona has led all Americans to rightly honor these brave men as heroes. These fine individuals were a part of a group of firefighters known as the Interagency Hotshot Crew (IHC) or simply, the Hotshot Crew. Similar to our military’s special … Read more