The historian Roland Mousnier defines the state in the following manner: “The state is a spontaneous, natural organism, resulting from the needs inherent in human nature, issuing from the natural laws that govern the development of societies, which are necessary facts, independent of man’s will. The state comes into being spontaneously, without men thinking about … Read more
By G. Daniel Harden, Ph. D.* A couple of summers ago, an old building in Topeka, Kansas was razed by a spectacular implosion. Read the popular article: We Must Resist the Temptation to Secession It was a large, 14-story structure, a minor landmark in the downtown area, and the event was scheduled for a Sunday … Read more
Members of the many autonomous societies for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) and similar associations around the world gathered together on October 2-4 in Sao Paulo, Brazil on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the death of the founder of the Brazilian TFP, Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira. Is Technology Ruining Your Life? … Read more
To those who claim that traditional marriage is an artificial construct that is not linked to our nature, it is good to recall the following observation of Prof. J. Budziszewski: Is Technology Ruining Your Life? Take A Quick Quiz To Find Out By Clicking Here. “In the case of all other biological functions, only one … Read more
Money cannot be labeled as just another end in life. Quite the contrary, when a person becomes absorbed with the desire for making money, it often dominates everything in its path. Is Technology Ruining Your Life? Take A Quick Quiz To Find Out By Clicking Here. “Money is not content with being just another final … Read more
At the Pittsburgh Catholic Men’s Fellowship Conference on September 19, authors John Horvat and Norman Fulkerson had an opportunity to present their books, Return to Order and American Knight respectively. Well over 1500 men attended the Saturday event held at the Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh. Is Technology Ruining Your Life? Take A Quick Quiz … Read more
Order is that state of things where everything functions according to its nature and end. When everything is doing what it is supposed to be doing, there is order “because nature is the cause of order” and “whatever does not possess order is not according to nature” (Saint Thomas Aquinas, In Physic., lib. 8, lect. … Read more
Just how important family relationships are can be seen in health benefits that come from warm ties. There was a study done in the fifties that took a group of randomly chosen Harvard students and asked them to describe the warmth of their relationships with their parents. Some thirty-five years later, a check of their … Read more
Individualism is so ingrained in American culture that it almost becomes a religious ideal with a zeal that borders on fanaticism. In such a culture, it is not principles and morals that govern our action but merely the whims and desires of the individual. Read the popular article: We Must Resist the Temptation to Secession … Read more
The Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision mandating same-sex “marriage” nationwide is being heralded as the decisive blow in the nation’s Culture War. It is proof, pundits say, that Christianity is in decline and the massive reaction to the sexual revolution of the sixties has failed. Culture Warriors are now being urged to bow to the inevitable … Read more
