“I am not a consensus politician. I’m a conviction politician.” “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.” “Being democratic is not enough; a majority cannot turn what is wrong into right. In order to be considered truly free, countries must also have a deep love of liberty and an abiding respect for the …
Veterans Day
“At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month,” in Winston Churchill’s immortal declaration, “silence fell across the battlefields of Europe.” Thus, the First World War came to an end. Three years later, President Warren Harding dedicated the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery and declared that on this day “those who have offered …
The Conversion of the World
Christians have celebrated the incarnation and nativity of the LordJesus on December 25 since at least the early part of the third century—just afew generations removed the days of the Apostles. By 336, when the Philocalian Calendar—one of th…
The Battle of Lutzen
In the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Lutzen—one ofthe most crucial engagements in the bloody Thirty Years War—it was announced tothe world that King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden had died. During the course of the battle on thisday in 16…
Hallowmas or Halloween
Christians have celebrated All-Hallows-Eveor Hallowmas since about the 8th century as a night of prayerfulpreparation before All Saints Day. But, the pagan associations of Halloween with the day are actually mucholder—and perhaps more deep…
Little Questions
By all accounts, the very first catechism—a manual ofChristian doctrine drawn up in the form of questions and answers for thepurpose of instruction in thefaith—was compiled by the English scholar Alcuin sometime in the 8thcentury. It wa…
Strange Nexus
The strange nexus of modernist architecture, political correctness, and the culture of death is in evidence in the EU’s brash new monument to nonsense.