The Only Orthodoxy is Reason

Imagine you have a loved one who has a problem with a vice. Out of love for this individual, you decide to approach him or her, in the hopes of helping them see the issue and perhaps begin remedying it. Perhaps they accept your counsel, perhaps their pride blocks you; this is a risk you’re […]

Early last week, we lost one of the last great men of the 20th century, Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Solzhenitsyn was perhaps best known in the West as a Russian anti-communist dissident. Less well known to many people was his fierce criticism of the post-Enlightenment West, a criticism that won him as much enmity from cultural […]

Mark Twain once said, “The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.” Throughout the history of American presidential elections, a pattern often repeats. At some point prior to election day, one candidate finds “the right word”–the powerful combination of idea and […]