Mozart and the Meaning of Christmas
Mozart is one of the greatest composers and musical geniuses who ever lived. This is not controversial. What is, however, is Mozart’s Catholicism. Not that Mozart wasn’t…
Feeling that Love Divine
As my eyes wandered up to view the sky My heart began to feel that Love Divine.
Deconstructing the Myth of Rome: Augustine’s City of God
Saint Augustine of Hippo is arguably the most influential Christian philosopher and theologian who ever lived. This is not to say he is unique among Christians; several…
Educating for Virtue
What is the purpose, the philosophy, of education? Most people agree that education is important. Dissatisfaction with the current state of education isn’t evidence of animosity toward…
Futurism and the Global Market State
The age of the nation-state is over. Some may not want to hear this, but it is true. National states still exist in a legal framework, but…
A Thousand Ships: A Poetic Trilogy
Song for a Myrmidon A thousand ships sail with you my son To a foreign land and endless beaches of sand. My arms I gave you when…
Why the Left Sees Fascism Everywhere
Fascism lost World War II. Communism lost the Cold War. Marxism is winning the historical imagination in the twenty-first century. One of the pressing problems with political…
Timaeus as a Political Allegory
Plato is notorious for having banned the artists and poets in the Republic. But Plato was himself an artist and poet. Plato’s animosity toward poetry was not…
Dido and Aeneas in the Shadow of Plato and Pythagoras in Virgil’s Aeneid
Virgil goes to great lengths to describe Queen Dido of Carthage as “tragic.” When we are first introduced to her in the epic, her sad backstory is…
Shakespeare: Political Theorist
When you think of William Shakespeare, the great Bard of the English language, you don’t necessarily think of him as a political theorist. Yes, he wrote about…
The Dragon
When you first looked up at the stars And saw the art of my wings flying free Did you dream about you and me Traveling to worlds…
BookTok and Literary Ideologies
“All art is propaganda,” wrote George Orwell. We can extend it to mean, “All literature is political.” Reading is political because we are political animals. We live…
Breaking History: Israel, Iran, and Trump
“Political science is suffering from a difficulty that originates in its very nature as a science of man in historical existence.” Any political science and understanding of…
Israel’s War and the Crisis of Gnosticism
Israel’s dismantling of the Iranian terror network surrounding it and its strike into the heart of Iran, destroying its nuclear facilities and eliminating top generals and other…
How to Read with Christian Eyes
Is there a specific role for the Christian critic? Critics have all but become avatars of the avant-garde, deliberately shocking and scandalous for the shock value of…