A perennial question on the right is “why is there so much infighting?” There are many right answers, with some being more pernicious than others. We will look at one of these more pernicious reasons, and then offer a possible remedy. Problem Nature Journal published a revealing article in 2019, detailing four strategies social scientists…

Politics is not metaphysics, so looking for an arche, one principle that rules all and explains all, is a wild goose chase at best, or a fatal distraction at worst. Being (with a capital “B”) is as different from beings (with a lower case “b”) as the Creator is from His creation, and although we…

On October 28th, Nature ran an article titled “US Supreme Court Poised to Ban Affirmative Action in University Admissions”, giving background to two upcoming Affirmative Action cases with notes of concern. At the end of the article, panic was apparent: “This is one of the biggest cases to come before the heavily conservative court since…

Controversy! Before the article proper has already begun! “The Coming Republican Majority”…who am I to predict the unpredictable? Will polling data not change? Will there not be some electoral foul play? “An Open Letter to”…who ought to be writing to the world’s most important legislative body, other than someone of equal or greater importance? Already,…

As the “art-house right” continues to garnish attention, a loose phenomenon whose description involves references to Dimes Square, hipster trads, and usually a mention or two of Silicon Valley rightists Curtis Yarvin and Peter Theil, there has been little talk about art itself. Sure, there are some art-hoes (a term I use affectionately) who are…

By now many of you have heard of Dimes Square, that segment of New York City filled with art hoes, hipsters, influencers…most of whom are Traditional Catholics. At the intersection of Ludlow and Canal on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, a segment of town named after the Dimes restaurant has become the subject of…

We are living in collective trauma. Conventional wisdom tells that the world is finite, that all resources, including the money supply, is scarce. Malthus is among the brightest articulator of this wisdom, with Darwin applying Malthusian theory to biology and both libertarians and Marxists making economic and sociological applications. Climate change and overpopulation are two…

On June 24th, 2022, Roe v Wade was overturned. The unthinkable happened, and the right scored the biggest victory in recent memory. Millions of babies’ lives were saved by six courageous men and women. Following the news, many states swiftly banned abortion and made it clear that the punishment for procuring an abortion is life…

In my last two posts I criticized Curtis Yarvin and Right-Nietzscheanism, receiving a mix of praise and criticism. My aim in these criticisms was to clear away political formulas that do not offer the right a viable path to victory. Critique without solution is mere complaint, so let me offer a solution. First, let me…

I like Fredrich Nietzsche. As a Heideggerian, I cannot deny the depth of Nietzsche’s commentary on the Death of God. As a Chrisitan, I can find very few opponents as worthy as the great German. As a reader, I admire how Nietzsche wields words like a rapier, making a stinging point, then drawing back in…