What the 1619 Project and Tucker Carlson Have in Common: Pseudo-history

Niall Ferguson, Victor Davis Hanson, and Andrew Roberts are senior fellows at the Hoover Institution and among the most prestigious and popular historians in the world. This is the first time they have appeared together in a public forum. Among the topics they cover in this wide-ranging discussion: the recent controversy regarding Winston Churchill’s role… Read More What the 1619 Project and Tucker Carlson Have in Common: Pseudo-history

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The Riot That Tore the Democratic Party Apart: Chicago 1968.

Historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook on “How the New Deal Coalition Fell Apart” in the DNC Chicago riot of 1968. After a moment of goofy kidding around mimicking the “Yippies,” Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland tell the most dramatic story of this seminal event which many of us saw on our TVs, horrifying our… Read More The Riot That Tore the Democratic Party Apart: Chicago 1968.

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Argentine President Declared Globalism “Collectivism With Malthusian Blinders” Over

September 2024. “We officially record our dissent regarding the “Pact of the Future”, and invite all the nations of the free world to join us, not only in dissenting this pact but also for creating a new agenda for this noble institution (The UN). The agenda of FREEDOM From this day forward Argentina will be… Read More Argentine President Declared Globalism “Collectivism With Malthusian Blinders” Over

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Ron Paul: Glad It’s Not A Communist, But Are the NeoCons Back?

Updated. “Yesterday was a bad day for those who endorse “America first” in our foreign policy. With reported Trump appointments of neocons Elise Stefanik (UN Ambassador), Mike Waltz (National Security Advisor), and…Marco Rubio (Secretary of State). Many who hoped that Trump 2.0 would be different than Trump 1.0 are feeling dejected and betrayed. Is there… Read More Ron Paul: Glad It’s Not A Communist, But Are the NeoCons Back?

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Amy Barrett rips Supreme Courts January 6 obstruction case.

Updated. “Justice Amy Coney Barrett broke ranks with the conservative majority on the Supreme Court Friday, leveraging strong words against her colleagues for their interpretation of Fischer v. United States. After the court ruled 6–3 that the Justice Department overstepped in charging hundreds of January 6 rioters with obstruction, the Trump-appointed conservative judge used her dissenting… Read More Amy Barrett rips Supreme Courts January 6 obstruction case.

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20 years, 700 victims: Southern Baptist sexual abuse. And Damian Thompson on Justin Welby.

In the past 20 years, a disturbing number of Southern Baptists with formal church roles have engaged in sexual misconduct, a new investigation by the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News reveals. They were pastors. Deacons. Youth pastors. They left behind more than 700 victims….the stories of those victims, the depths of the crimes and… Read More 20 years, 700 victims: Southern Baptist sexual abuse. And Damian Thompson on Justin Welby.

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We the Ordinary

“We, the Ordinary People of the Streets“. The words express the core of Madeleine Delbrel’s vision: These are the people who have an ordinary job, an ordinary household, or an ordinary celibacy. People with ordinary sicknesses, and ordinary times of grieving. People with an ordinary house, and ordinary clothes. These are the people of ordinary… Read More We the Ordinary

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Australia’s Social Media Ban for Children Under 16

11.8.24 Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced legislation this week to ban social media for children under 16. The proposed law, set to be introduced in Parliament in the coming weeks, would require platforms, including Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and X, to bar access to children and teenage users. There are no exceptions for parental consent. If approved,… Read More Australia’s Social Media Ban for Children Under 16

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Trump Vows to Dismantle Deep State

President-Elect Donald Trump vowed in March 2023 to form a “truth and reconciliation commission” as part of a comprehensive plan to dismantle the “Deep State.” The President-Elect has also promised to revoke the Biden administration’s “cruel policies” regarding gender-reassignment surgeries. These policies, he said, include giving kids puberty blockers and surgically mutilating their bodies. Trump labeled such… Read More Trump Vows to Dismantle Deep State

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Aquinas on Islam

Matthew Hanley.The Catholic Thing.Jan 2012. It is no secret that secularists generally react to Christianity with hostility, but to Islam with obsequiousness – or silence in the face of belligerence and even of atrocities such as the Ft. Hood massacre. The most elementary explanation for this curious phenomenon, aside from cowardice, might simply come from… Read More Aquinas on Islam

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The Left’s Irrational Fear of “Christian-Catholic Fascism”

Combining reasonable truths with unreasonable anti-Christian animus,  Lawrence Wilkerson, is a retired Army colonel and former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell. With his extensive insights and expertise into the Middle East and American foreign policy, Wilkerson provides a valuable understanding into what a Trump presidency Since the end of his military… Read More The Left’s Irrational Fear of “Christian-Catholic Fascism”

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Why Was the Synod So Silent on the Traditional Latin Mass?

Edward Pentin. National Catholic Register. Traditional Latin Mass communities are flourishing around the world with rising vocations and strong Mass attendance but their existence was ignored in the Synod on Synodality’s October assembly and final report. VATICAN CITY — One of the persistent criticisms of the final assembly of the Synod on Synodality has been… Read More Why Was the Synod So Silent on the Traditional Latin Mass?

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NPR and the TLM

Mocking retro-politics, retro-sexual morality and “Q-Anon Adjacent” traditional Catholics: “Beneath the veil of the internet’s ‘Trad Caths’”. “… there’s been an uptick in “Trad Cath” content — internet for “traditionalist Catholic” — promoting traditions like the Latin Mass and women wearing veils in church. A lot of these traditions are vibes and aesthetic-based, and easily… Read More NPR and the TLM

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The Most Remarkable Political Comeback in American History

MARK ANTONIO WRIGHT November 6, 2024 7:11 AM The 2024 election will be discussed from a million angles. In the days and weeks ahead, the knives will come out in the ranks of the losers. Post-mortems will be written, and the arguments will be fought out over what could have been different or which strategies should have been tried.… Read More The Most Remarkable Political Comeback in American History

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A Melkite Catholic Priest Bound to Infuriate Many.

Israel, Gaza and Lebanon, proportionality and preemptive strikes. Fr. Charles McCarthy, a Melkite Catholic priest in Massachusetts, argues that it might be a “mortal sin” to vote for either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris in this 2024 Presidential election, since each, he says, are in various ways complicit in “grave evil” by supporting and enabling… Read More A Melkite Catholic Priest Bound to Infuriate Many.

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The Dark Technological Grid Blanketing the Heavens and the Earth

Technology, being neutral in itself, can be used for good or evil. But with the development of the Atomic Bomb near the end of WWII and the proliferation and spread of all subsequent weapons of mass destruction, human kind entered a new phase of evil.+ Today additional technological advances, including total surveillance grids, appear more than… Read More The Dark Technological Grid Blanketing the Heavens and the Earth

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Mad Elon Wants to “Wire Your Evolving Brain to the Internet”

+ Kissinger’s final warning and the Antichristic: “Prepare now for ‘superhuman’ people to control Earth…Kissinger’s co-authors, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and longtime Microsoft senior executive Craig Mundie’s bracing message, warning that AI tools have already started outpacing human capabilities so people might need to consider biologically engineering themselves to ensure they are not rendered… Read More Mad Elon Wants to “Wire Your Evolving Brain to the Internet”

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Beethoven and the Catholic Church

And ‘Being Beethoven‘ a BBC documentary chronicling his genius, tragedies and glory. Also, Damian Thompson asks why didn’t Beethoven go to Mass? Too, How did Beethoven feel about Napoleon? And Missa Solemnis. Beethoven and the Catholic Church .By Michael De Sapio.Crisis Magazine. Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart form the great trinity… Read More Beethoven and the Catholic Church

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The Blessings of Legal Immigration. Aspiring to Ownership.

The Curiosity of Family Ownership in the United States. By Phillip Campbell.The Distributist Review. In this essay we will consider an interesting social phenomenon in the United States whereby a very large number of small businesses across a variety of sectors are owned by first generation immigrants. If you do not know what I mean,… Read More The Blessings of Legal Immigration. Aspiring to Ownership.

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Trump’s “Funny” Man?

One account I read was certainly correct to this extent:  “When [the vile] “comedian” Tony Hinchcliffe took the stage at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Sunday for a  rally in support of Donald Trump‘s presidential campaign, he didn’t just cross a line — he fully erased it… What he called “humor” was a continuous… Read More Trump’s “Funny” Man?

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Latest US abortion figures show 95% are procured for ‘elective’ reasons

Pro-choice means what, exactly? A new Charlotte Lozier report finds that more than 95% of U.S. abortions are elective, while less than 5% are due to health risks, rape, or incest, shedding light on the reality of abortion procedures across the country. Analysis  Carole Novielli “The media has been spewing out stories right and left… Read More Latest US abortion figures show 95% are procured for ‘elective’ reasons

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Cardinal Gerhard Müller warns against bishops betraying their divine mission

Edward Pentin of the National Catholic Register reports, “At the IX Pax Liturgica Meeting in Rome today, Cardinal Gerhard Müller warned against bishops betraying their divine mission by relativising doctrine and failing to uphold the orthodox faith. “We must not give in to the following suggestion: If you want to reach people today and be… Read More Cardinal Gerhard Müller warns against bishops betraying their divine mission

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Rogue Soros Prosecutors Hurting Minorities & All

Rogue Prosecutors Documentary: How Radical Soros Lawyers Are Destroying America’s Communities explains the origins, beliefs, playbook, funding, and real-life consequences of the “progressive prosecutor” movement—a group of newly elected prosecutors, their allies, and backers that refuse to prosecute crimes, hold criminals accountable, and seek justice for victims. Told through true crime stories from eight different cities,… Read More Rogue Soros Prosecutors Hurting Minorities & All

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