Through a Screen, Darkly
In order to think freely once again, man must start to see the value in contemplative life.
Repairing the Broken World
Imagine nothingness. Imagine joylessness. Imagine life without love, mercy, faith, hope, and justice. This is the essence of the song “Imagine.” And it’s the essence of today’s globalist message.
Free and Captive Minds
Freedom does not exist in a collectivist society, and the only way that it can exist is if we reject collectivism, and affirm the idea of community.
Courage Under Fire
Ryun’s book often reads like a spy novel or a thriller (which were also components to this fight), but what makes it truly palpable is emotion.
Cinema in a Post-Humanist Age
A filmmaker must learn to transcend the absurdity of our times, and create without regard for rejection and acceptance.
The Promise of Freedom
We don’t need fuzzy platitudinous tweets about America from Republican politicians. What we need right now is what we might call “politics for adults.”
The Rise of the Covidian Cybernauts
Whenever we can, we must affirm the culture of life, and make authentic human encounters a necessity for our society.
It Belongs in a Museum!
Past creations should be curated, preserved, admired, and reflected upon. They shouldn’t be assaulted and morphed into ideological props.
Bleached New World
The object of our current crisis has not been to get people back to life, joy, and pleasure but to institute a “new normal,” which involves denial of humanity and an excuse for our own lack of joy.
Princeton’s Methodology of Destruction
History is not a mere cataloging of chronological events but a recognition that each epoch, each period, each action reveals something important about our collective humanity.
A Long View of American Life
Do we choose wisdom or folly? We should choose wisely but, in the choosing, also make sure to bring along a sense of humor.
Orson Welles: American Maverick
Through his work, Welles revelled in the game of concealment and illumination but, in the end, reveals it to be more than just a silly game.
America, Interrupted
By living in fear, we are psychologically, culturally, and even spiritually distancing ourselves from a uniquely American space.
Tragic Affairs of the Human Heart
In Fritz Lang’s “The Woman in the Window,” Edward G. Robinson shines as an academic, yearning for passion over his life of silent desperation. But, as his character reveals, there is always a cost for such untamed desire.
Orson Welles and the Search for Justice in America
“The Stranger” speaks to our own human choices. It speaks of what we wish to see and what we desire to remain hidden.
Roger Scruton, Seeker of Truth and Beauty
The philosopher, who died Sunday at 75, was often criticized by the leftist intellectual establishment for nothing more than making much-needed observations they termed value judgments, which involved a defense of Western Civilization and the order of things.
The Simplistic Hero and Villain of ‘The Two Popes’
The film really isn’t about the two popes, but about one—Francis. Benedict is only used as a vehicle and a way to portray Francis as the savior of the Catholic Church.
Martin Scorsese’s Cinematic Splendor
Despite the criticism, “The Irishman” director has made a cinematically powerful film.
Gratitude in Dark Times
Gratitude is a state of mind, and it encompasses an entirety of one’s being and existence. Our choice to be grateful is also a choice to recognize the hope and the possibility of being, especially during a seemingly endless darkness.
Detention, Socialist Style
(or How I Never Learned Math)
As American schools follow a leftist trajectory, they are becoming worse than the dreary indoctrination centers of the old Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.