The famed early theologian of the Church, Tertullian, is said to have exclaimed, “What does Athens have to do with Jerusalem?!” Of course, he was speaking from the point of frustration, even exasperation, about contemporaries who from Tertullian’s perspective over-emphasized philosophy at the expense of faithful ascent to revelation. What does Illinois have to do…
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In two parts, audio recordings/lectures on the fascinating 1920s: Part I: Part II: mentioned and suggested readings and materials: ABC News, The Century Series: America’s Time, “Boom to Bust, 1920-1929“ David Kennedy et al., The American Pageant. Ludwig von Mises, Human Action. Murray Rothbard, The Progressive Era. Eric Sass, et al., The Mental Floss History…
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Yes! Thank God for you, Brian Urlacher! Finally someone had the balls (and balls are in such short supply these days) to state the obvious: NBA, MLB, NFL, and WNBA (that still exists?!) players who “protest” the shooting of criminal black men by police while in the city that Urlacher played for, truly innocent blacks…
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It is tense these days, inside the circle of the liberty movement, because crises require self-definition. Riots, unending wars, intense social isolation, COVid hysteria, and a hyperactive, sore-loser yet still emboldened left in the middle of a presidential election cycle–it’s a natural time to convey with conviction one’s identity. Let’s face it then–there is no…
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Genesis 9:12-17; 6 And God said: This is the sign of the covenant which I will give between me and you, and to every living soul that is with you, for perpetual generations. I will set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be the sign of a covenant between me, and between the earth. And…
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Prompt The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 2000s The 2010s
Gone are the once-thought-to-be horrible days when the left-cathedral excommunicated individuals. This was all of the past three decades up to about three months ago. Those burned at the progressive auto-da-fes are too numerous to mention. Some standouts: Robert Bork (thanks Joe Biden), James Damore, David Daleiden, Jordan Peterson and other college professors slightly to…
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The “Lost Decade” as it is called in Japan describes the languishing economy of the country over–what is in reality–twenty years or so of artificially low, and even negative, interest rates. The economic ramifications are clear: A Japanese central banking policy that incentivizes consumption, wild speculation, and finger-crossing leaves capital markets starved, innovation stagnant, and…
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Saint Ephrem the Syrian $23.50
Saint Paul $24.50
Blessed Franz Jägerstätter $24.50
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