Virtue

We need to become outposts of intellectual seriousness and Christian virtue and moral sanity that expose the darkness of our generation.

Gentleness is an underrated Christian virtue

The new criminal code of Indonesia has been criticized by journalists and the State Department for its banning of illicit sex, blasphemy, and partial news.

This Veterans Day, growing disrespect for the war-dead seems a sad symptom of our ever-widening distance from the ways of our ancestors.

Burke is a defender of the institutions of Christian civilization. Understanding this liberates us from the need to defend failing institutions simply because those institutions happen to exist.

Chivalry, classical education, and great books have much to commend to the making of human beings armed with the wisdom and virtues required for liberty

“If I suffer for the right cause, it only define[s] the person I am becoming. It can only be good for me to become a better person if I believe in the Lord.”

Human societies do not “fall into” a libertarian peace, nor do they self-organize at the grass-roots level into peaceful communes. No, they fall into anarchy, which is an open invitation to tyranny.

American national interests and our willingness to spend power for global common good are more closely aligned than many seem to believe.