Matthew Perna, Political Prisoner, Hangs Himself
The treatment of one of the January 6th protesters gives us every reason to be afraid of our own government.
Meet the “Creative Christians” Who Nearly Destroyed the Church
A revealing 1968 documentary on the American Catholic Church tells us exactly what we need to avoid if we want the Church today to thrive.
A Painter Quietly Changing the Culture
For sacred Catholic art to survive, it must be more than insipid images, more even than 19th-century realism.
A Great Cloud of Pro-Life Witnesses
As we wait to see the disposition of this evil regime on what may be the last March for Life, we must consider the men and women who brought us to this moment, the pantheon of pro-life heroes.
One Man Quietly Reclaiming Culture
Matthew Mehan is working to reclaim the great riches of Western Civilization and introduce them to our children.
The Abortion Regime Will End Without the Help of the Catholic Political Left
The sourpusses of the Catholic political Left will not rejoice if Roe v. Wade is overturned.
Warning: This Book is Dangerous
I pushed Michael Warren Davis’ new book, The Reactionary Mind (Regnery Publishing), on a friend of mine, a noted Catholic and academic leader. I told him a good part of the book was a defense of feudalism. I thought he’d like that. Instead, he said, “Well, recent scholarship shows that feudalism did not exist. So, … Read more
Trump is Owed a Second Term
A friend of mine says, “Of course, the NeverTrumpers were right after all. Trump had so alienated suburban women by his personal behavior, he couldn’t possibly have won a second term.” This person was Trump-resistant but voted for him nonetheless and was pleasantly surprised at all he accomplished. In the end, however, after he lost, … Read more
When the FBI Protects Moral Monsters
The members of the Fairfax County and Loudoun County School Boards here in Northern Virginia are little more than pipsqueaks and perverts (there is one good member of the Loudoun County School Board. There are none at Fairfax). They are power-hungry, low-level bureaucratic hacks who don’t give two hoots for the children under their care … Read more
This Time the Crucifixion Will Be Personal
I dread the final season of The Chosen because that is when they will kill my dear friend Jesus. This may sound heretical, but I have never felt exactly this way about Him before. There has always been a kind of veil between Him and me, a fog that even His light cannot fully pierce. He is … Read more
Leaving Twitter
For the past two months I have not known what is going on with liberal Catholics like Mark Shea, or Simcha Fisher, or Dawn Eden, or the guy who runs WherePeterIs, or any of the rogues’ gallery I’ve had so much fun with on Twitter these past few years. The reason is that in early … Read more
Are the Culture Wars Over?
Many conservatives say the Culture Wars are over and we have lost. Many people look around our culture and society and see utter destruction. They see grade-schoolers being taught that the gay-sex drug PrEP is just peachy. They see kids being taught there is this thing called anal sex. Seventh graders in my local school … Read more
The Pope and Rod Dreher
Rod Dreher let a combination of ego and Twitter get the better of him in Rome a few days ago. Dreher met the Pope in the Vatican, one of those longish meet-and-greets where you briefly shake the Pope’s hand, maybe say a few words, get a picture snapped. Dreher took this moment to tell Francis, … Read more
Storm Heaven for Cardinal Burke
Raymond Cardinal Burke suffers from what I call the Ratzinger Syndrome. Remember God’s Rottweiler? The scourge of the Catholic Church? The inquisitor? Torquemada! There was no end to the slanders heaped upon Ratzinger’s head. This lasted just as long as he was merely a Cardinal. But when he became Pope Benedict XVI, something happened. Folks … Read more
Reconsidering 1/6
The day after the incursion into the U.S. Capitol, I wrote in these pages that the events that day were not part of my conservative movement. Breaking into a federal building and fighting with police is not something that our set does. I was, and I remain, appalled at what I saw. I remain convinced … Read more
The Supposed Evils of “Conversion Therapy”
Homosexual advocates like Eve Tushnet, Fr. James Martin, and Kirsten Powers do not like what they derisively call “conversion therapy.” They use the phrase to conjure up such horrors as boys strapped to tables being shown gay porn and getting electrical shocks. They use it to conjure up what they call “praying away the gay,” … Read more
Pope Francis is Wrong About Fr. James Martin
Pope Francis hears grumbling about Fr. James Martin, SJ. So, he turns to his key advisors. He starts with the Jesuit Antonio Spadaro, editor of La Civiltà Cattolica, he of 2+2=5 theological fame, who tells Francis there is no problem with Martin who is doing God’s own work in building bridges to a marginalized community. … Read more
A Bizarre Jihad
A few months ago, I received a threat letter from a lawyer representing Dawn Eden telling me that I was henceforth forbidden from mentioning her in print. This cease-and-desist threat said if I mentioned Dawn in print again, she would bring charges against me for criminal stalking. So, of course, my response almost immediately was … Read more
On George Armstrong Custer? An Interview with Author H.W. Crocker III
H.W. “Harry” Crocker III has taken it upon himself to resurrect the reputation of George Armstrong Custer, perhaps the most politically incorrect man who ever lived. Custer was the Army officer who, surrounded by whooping Injuns, lost his scalp at Little Bighorn. Except, to Crocker’s telling, Custer lost nothing that day on Little Bighorn, not … Read more
The New State Church Comes for You
Children as young as six are being taught “sex is assigned at birth.” They are being taught that boys and girls can be born into the wrong body, that boys can turn into girls and girls into boys. Children are being forced to use the “proper pronouns.” This is happening in the public school, where … Read more