Imagine a society where everything revolves around how much something costs; every relationship is based on the maximum amount of material benefit the two parties can receive; man’s joys, hopes, anxieties, and despair are in relation to the economic situation; and the ultimate goal in life is material prosperity. It is a very harsh and … Read more
One of the problems Return to Order points out is that everything is seen through the lens of economics. This is precisely how the European economists see the refugee crisis. The economists ignore for the most part how the refugees invading Europe are Muslim and therefore have a completely different culture to Europe’s – if … Read more
The family is the single most important component of a Christian society. However, while the family is a tremendously vital force for development of the individual, it alone will not suffice. A regime of separate and scattered families, even very Christian families, does not a society make. Isolated families alone cannot normally sustain themselves in … Read more
One of the devastating effects of the sexual revolution of the sixties was not only the loosening of morals but the destruction of the sacred and its rituals. In the name of liberation from all social restraints, a whirlwind of change has swept through American society overthrowing the sense of community and shared experience. The … Read more
Like so many things in our fast paced society the art of cake baking in America, dating back to the 1930’s, has been simplified. Yet there still exists an appreciation for the “made from scratch” version produced with mom’s tender loving hands. More often than not, however, our mother’s recipes are adaptations of their mothers. … Read more
“When we function like our machines and computers we adopt habits outside our rhythms of our nature.” –Return to Order, John Horvat II Daily Life in a Frenzied World From the time we wake up and grab coffee from our automated coffee machine to the time we plug in our phone for a good nights … Read more
Technology is a part of everybody’s lives today. Since the time of his birth, man is treated as a number in the system. In the future, he mechanically goes through the day checking emails, driving to work, looking at the time on one’s phone and so on. In due time all these things will have … Read more
It was only a matter of time before the politically correct establishment took aim at the nation’s currency. It is not enough that the value of the dollar should slowly decline toward monopoly money, it must also eventually look like it as well. The staid dollar notes were just too correct to survive. They have … Read more
Among the writing of Church Fathers, Saint Augustine writes with great eloquence of the benefits the Church bestows upon society. Contrary to those in our days who see Christians as threats and intruders in the public square, Saint Augustine claims that those who live up to the standards of Christ’s teachings are society’s greatest benefactors … Read more
While some concepts of an organic order can be found in Plato or Aristotle, a more developed theory only came later. It is said that the book, The Policraticus, by John of Salisbury (1115?-1180) first introduced an organic theory of the secular political order into European thought. The author was the secretary of Saint Thomas … Read more
