On May 11, Return to Order author John Horvat gave a presentation to the Jersey Shore Chapter of Legatus. The title of the presentation was “Getting to the Core of What is Wrong with America: The Case for a Return to Order.” The Catholic association hosts monthly events highlighting issues of concern to its members. … Read more
Any return to order must rely on the virtue of fortitude to carry it to completion. An example of this fortitude is found in a story of Winston Churchill’s commencement address in 1941 at his old school, Harrow. Free Book: Return to Order: From a Frenzied Economy to an Organic Christian Society—Where We’ve Been, How We … Read more
It is dangerous to compare the nation to a corporation. A nation reflects a whole culture with all its richness, creativity and vivacity. It is an organic entity that has a life of its own that does not appear on spreadsheets. Applying the corporate model to a nation is a modern obsession that often ends … Read more
As part of a national campaign, author John Horvat is appearing at events around the country to spread the message of his book, Return to Order: From a Frenzied Economy to an Organic Christian Society—Where We’ve Been, How We Got Here, and Where We Need to Go. [like url=https://www.facebook.com/ReturnToOrder.org] On the occasion of the American … Read more
The so-called bathroom wars have nothing to do with bathrooms but are all about war. The push to allow a person to use the bathroom of his or her choice is merely the latest phase of the sexual revolution. It is part of a relentless war to bring about an irrational equality that now seeks … Read more
One of the main calumnies about the Middle Ages is it was backwards, illiterate, and inefficient. It is often falsely coined the “Dark Ages.” Is it true that this time period was really backwards and lacking in progress? Rather, was this time an explosion of enthusiasm and love for Holy Mother Church, which consequently brought … Read more
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
