Free Wine at a New Italian Restaurant Is Doing the Impossible

Free Wine at a New Italian Restaurant Is Doing the Impossible

Right now, smartphone addiction is out of control. Things have reached such a point that the average American checks his phone 352 times a day—once every two minutes and 43 seconds. But right now, a restaurant in Italy—and free wine—is doing what many thought impossible: It is separating people from their phones. Order Today: Return … Read more

Will Cellphones, COVID and Student Disengagement Destroy the Deplorable Legacy of “Progressive” Education and John Dewey?

Will Cellphones, COVID and Student Disengagement Destroy the Deplorable Legacy of “Progressive” Education and John Dewey?

A new expression is increasingly appearing in the education press—student disengagement. This phenomenon takes two forms. Disengaged students are either not mentally prepared to learn in class or stay away from school altogether. The School as Therapy “Disengaged behavior” is nothing new. “Skipping school” is a practice that is as old as the schools themselves. … Read more

Irish Episcopal Reshuffle Highlights Decline of Faith in Nation

Irish Episcopal Reshuffle Highlights Decline of Faith in Nation

In a move that has been described as the largest restructuring of the Church in Ireland for nine centuries, Pope Francis recently moved several Irish bishops from their dioceses without appointing replacements, evidencing the decline of Catholicism in the nation. On April 10, the Holy See’s daily bulletin announced the moving of two Irish bishops … Read more

How a Lady With a Hat Found Trouble in Paradise

How a Lady With a Hat Found Trouble in Paradise

The elderly lady wore a hat. It was something I noticed in the terminal awaiting my flight. Her hat stood out since most people at airports don’t stand out. The normal ripped-and-casual wear at the gates is all the same, marked only by its banality and ordinariness. Inside the sterile atmosphere of most modern terminals, … Read more

Why Are University Students Converting to Catholicism?

Why Are University Students Converting to Catholicism?

For a long time, public universities have been the place where students have lost their Faith. The pressure of secular professors, sexual promiscuity and liberal ideas were enough to cause impressionable youth to question their beliefs. Living outside traditional influences, independent students were encouraged to discard religion as restrictive and old-fashioned. Order Today: Return to … Read more

TFP Regional Conferences Feature Talks on Confidence, Polarization and the Counter-Revolution in America

TFP Regional Conferences Feature Talks on Confidence, Polarization and the Counter-Revolution in America

The theme of battling for the Church and Christian civilization could not be more urgent. For this reason, the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) held regional conferences in northern and southern California for friends and supporters. On April 20, the TFP Southern California Regional Conference was held at the … Read more

Is Academia’s DEI Delusion Reaching the End of its Shelf Life?

Is Academia’s DEI Delusion Reaching the End of its Shelf Life?

My email box contained an interesting bit of news this morning under the engaging title “DEI, Left to Die.” These encouraging words were from the National Association of Scholars (NAS), a right-of-center group of academics who work to retain some sanity in America’s ivory towers. The NAS’s task is not enviable. The lounges where professors … Read more