Anyone looking for proof that private property is unsafe in Vladimir Putin’s Russian Federation must look no further than the dust-up over Russia’s largest prepared food company, Glavprodukt. Confiscation, Kremlin-Style The Kremlin seized the company, placing it under “temporary management” in October 2024. Order Today: Return to Order: From a Frenzied Economy to an Organic … Read more
In a consequential and encouraging decision, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled recently that The Satanic Temple cannot sue the State of Idaho over its abortion law, no matter how much the Satanists dislike it. The group has tried repeatedly to argue the case, saying the abortion is part of its religious practice … Read more
There has been tremendous growth in Satanism in America. No longer limited to large liberal cities, it now finds itself in small towns and rural areas where one would never think it possible. There are many reasons for Satanism’s growth. However, one reason rarely cited is that children are prepared early to accept Satanism indirectly. … Read more
One great tragedy of radical individualism was the loss of all the social skills and practices that help make living together in society more agreeable, uplifting and virtuous. The Revolution of the Sixties was not just a complete change of sexual mores. It also overturned all the social manners and practices that kept everything upright … Read more
The second Trump Administration must soon decide how to deal with the controversy over “birthright citizenship.” Indeed, determining citizenship is an essential role of any nation. The United States’s pronounced slumber on the issue is speeding toward an uncertain end. The Nature of Birthright Citizenship The Supreme Court’s decision to limit its ruling in the … Read more
One article of men’s clothing that is sadly on the decline is the necktie. This abandonment reflects a refusal to accept any restrictions, discipline or discomfort in clothing or presentation. Many want to feel comfortable at any cost, even if undignified. Comfort and informality are today’s fashion gods. People will go to great expense to … Read more
When Brazilian Catholic thinker Professor Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira reflected on events in São Paulo during his childhood at the beginning of the last century, the social habits of that time particularly attracted our attention. He spoke of the joy of family life, and his lively narrations transported our imaginations to those bygone days that … Read more
Unable to score a victory in their three-year war to overtake Ukraine, the Russians are getting desperate. The latest move is to “recruit” volunteers who end up being unwilling suicide bombers. Using this scheme, a single unidentified (and expendable) courier plants a weapon deep in enemy territory. The new wrinkle is that these missions are … Read more
Prolifers worldwide were disappointed when the defunding of Planned Parenthood was significantly weakened in the “Big Beautiful Bill.” The original version would have forbidden Medicaid reimbursements to facilities like Planned Parenthood that offer abortions for a period of 10 years. The final version lowered the period to one year. Even this weakened version would close … Read more
At a time when the Catholic left worldwide finds itself searching for fresh ideas, some writers are calling for the resurrection of the leftist Catholic Action movement of the thirties and forties. The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) already has the response to this maneuver. It has just published … Read more
