Authentic Grammar in Classical Schools
I regret to report that grammar schools no longer teach grammar. It is considered as retrograde as observing that girls prefer dolls and boys prefer war or insisting that boys and girls are not interchangeable. But it is no coincidence that our loss of true grammar preceded our current confusion over the meaning of “boy” and […]
Making Men in the Blue Ridge Mountains
The gravel road wound through a valley, surrounded on all sides by mountain ridges covered in verdant leaves and fragrant redbuds. Spring had arrived in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, and so had we. Cresting a hill, we reached our destination: a lot and a small wood building—the future campus of St. Dunstan’s Academy , an […]
A Hungarian Tocqueville
The Genius of America by jános zoltán csák translated by thomas sneddon angelico press, 158 pages, $16.95 Continue Reading »
On Tortured Poets, Taylor Swift Dreams of Marriage
On her 2022 album Midnights , Taylor Swift addressed fan speculation over why she and her then-boyfriend and British actor Joe Alwyn had not yet tied the knot: “All they keep asking me / Is if I’m gonna be your bride / The only kinda girl they see / Is a one-night or a wife” […]
Why Teachers Are Fleeing Public Schools
In 2007 I turned down a high-paying job in engineering to become a public school science teacher. I believed that making a difference in the lives of kids and maintaining the tradition of Western civilization would give my life meaning and value that money couldn’t measure. But I soon discovered that my ideals were often […]
Restoring Virtue in Higher Education
The new core curriculum at New College of Florida, where I am employed, consists of two components, logos and techne. The logos component “requires students to study great canonical works,” encompassing the arts, humanities, religion, and education—subjects that set students on the path to becoming conscientious citizens, discerning consumers, and faithful souls. The ideas of […]
Summoning the Heroes
WARSAW. John Williams, ninety-two-year-old laureate conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, has composed some of the most memorable pop-orchestral music of our time, including the themes for Star Wars , Superman, E.T., Jaws, Jurassic Park, and Indiana Jones. In 1996, when NBC commissioned Williams to write a one-movement piece for the Games of the XXVI […]
Faith and Patriotism in Hacksaw Ridge
The war film is one of the few genres where modern Hollywood tolerates overt displays of Christian faith. But even here, it is typically a secondary concern, coloring for side characters (Shia Labeouf’s evangelical tank operator in Fury , for example). Rarely is it the main thematic event. Mel Gibson, at his countercultural best, defied […]
The Reconsecration of Man
Last fall I argued that our current cultural moment is characterized by desecration. And at the heart of desecration lies the repudiation of the notion that human beings are made in God’s image. To destroy the human in reality is thus to destroy the divine by proxy. Trans ideology and pro-abortion politics are exhilarating because […]
UNITY MATTERS: 20,000 Clans Shut Down City of Chartres
So, what’s the takeaway? By now, most RTV viewers know that 20,000 people got together and walked from Paris to Chartres over the course of last weekend, and that another million viewers tuned in on Pentecost Sunday Mass when C-News showed up to livestream the entire traditional Latin Mass across France. But, again, what’s the […]