Praise for Return to Order – Rev. Dr. John Trigilio, Jr.

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“John Horvat succinctly describes the condition, history, diagnosis and prognosis of our current economic crisis. The economic chaos or peril is only symptomatic of the bigger and more crucial issue of a CULTURAL CRISIS. His terminology of FRENETIC INTEMPERANCE is brilliant. This is not an apologia to retreat from the world nor is it an … Read more

When Technology Mediates Reality

Everyone perceives there is something wrong with the excessive use of electronic devices. One only need look at people engrossed on their phones in a busy airport to perceive some kind of imbalance is at play. Is Technology Ruining Your Life? Take A Quick Quiz To Find Out By Clicking Here. The reason why such … Read more

When the Home Becomes a Warehouse

Return to Order When the Home Becomes a Warehouse

The constant trend in modern commerce is to transfer as much work as possible onto the customer and thus minimize expenses. Customers can therefore be seen labeling, checking out and bagging their purchases. They can order their purchases online and avoid all contact with humans. They can use their iPhone to compare prices and weigh … Read more

Does Wal-Mart Carry Everything?

Return to Order Does Wal-Mart Carry Everything?

There are those who seem to believe that big department store chains like Wal-Mart carry almost everything that exists. This is, however an illusion. Is Technology Ruining Your Life? Take A Quick Quiz To Find Out By Clicking Here. Writer Chris Anderson observes that this impression is part of the paradox of plenty. He writes: … Read more

The Cultural Richness of a Highly Developed Local Production

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The concept of satisfying material and spiritual needs extended into all fields in pre-industrial times. James J. Walsh writes: Is Technology Ruining Your Life? Take A Quick Quiz To Find Out By Clicking Here. “This mingling of the useful and the beautiful is of itself a supreme difference between the thirteenth century generations and our … Read more

When We Act by Remote Control

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Writer Nicolas Carr describes the way our programs and apps lead to changing the way we work and experience life. He writes: Is Technology Ruining Your Life? Take A Quick Quiz To Find Out By Clicking Here. “As the programs gain more sway over us—shaping the way we work, the information we see, the routes … Read more

The Communist Hatred of All Property

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The hatred of private property is something proper to communism. However, it is not just large properties that are targeted by the communists. They hate especially small properties since they are the seeds from which free markets later bloom. Lenin wrote: ‘Small-scale commercial production is, every moment of every day, giving birth spontaneously to capitalism … Read more

Off the Beaten Path

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Written by Norman Fulkerson * Since reading Return to Order by John Horvat, I was inspired to apply the principles he so clearly lays out for the reader. He gives organic society as the solution for our economic problems and an essential part of such a plan is a healthy regionalism. Although it might be … Read more

How Eating Was Industrialized

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Psychiatry professor Peter Whybrow comments that what Henry Ford did for cars, McDonald’s did for fast food. It industrialized eating. The original intention of fast food was fast service. However, the end result has been fast eating. Everything about McDonald’s in particular and fast-food in general is about speed. Eleven minutes is the average time … Read more

How Mass Society Collectivizes

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Prof. Richard Stivers explains the paradox of modern mass society that on the one hand seems highly individualistic and on the other hand strongly collectivistic. Already in the nineteenth century, the individual became disconnected from the local community and extended family that normally served to give him an identity inside the context of community. The … Read more