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Lars MøllerAmerican Thinker |
Image: Public domain. The Thirty Years’ War was hard on Europe. So profound were the ramifications of the Christian schism that doubts arose as to...
Image: Public domain. History is linear, of course, rather than cyclical. What creates an illusion of the latter is the relative stability of human...
Saturn devouring one of his sons, by Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens Three revolutions in France, Russia, and Iran legitimized destruction and...
Image: Public domain. In the spring of 1989, while Eastern Europe prepared for liberation, Iranian imam Ruhollah Khomeini issued a so-called...
Since the beginning of time, humans have allowed themselves to get consumed by hatred and involved in bloody conflicts. Although the West, where...
A long time ago, Charles Martel, uncrowned ruler of the Franks, led his Christian army to victory over the forces of Arab commander Abd al-Rahman...
Attention to the actions and stated or inferred motives of others has survival value in a group setting. If it is wildly exaggerated, however, fueled...
How rich and wonderful Christendom could have been. A miracle of aesthetic sublimity and principled ethics. As a matter of fact, a world much like...
Long ago, they were dystopian fantasies. To imagine a world with the night sky lit up by burning cathedrals. A world of Christians fleeing for their...
For those without a fatal attraction to the extreme, evil is uncomfortable to approach and examine in depth. So how do we best deal with it in order...
For Westerners to denounce their own cultural inheritance became a provocative, embarrassing, and ill-conceived political ritual in the late twentieth...
The moral evil of human action divides people and breeds discord. However, it comes in many guises that may easily deceive us. And for those whose...
What does it take to make a good society? In the West, not only liberals, but even conservatives of the activist disposition, have tended to think...
Photo Credit:Jacques-Louis David, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Jacques-Louis David, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsLike the ancient...
Photo Credit:Edward Moran, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Edward Moran, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsCan America, a nation presently...
The times are changing. In predominantly Anglican and Protestant parts of the West, where we lead the way in terms of de-Christianization and...
Why should any living person dwell on the French Revolution? Well, there is more to it than picturesque Parisian backdrops, powdered wigs, and...
If we are to believe our declared enemies, especially those in our midst, we have a lot to answer for in the West. Apart from natural disasters,...
The world is changing. In the West, we are no longer the same as we once were and doubt our right to be here. Sensing our weakness, “barbarians”...
We ought to reflect on the architectural symbols of Western civilization if we actually love it and are determined to preserve it for posterity. There...
The National Civic Art Society has long championed a revival of classical architecture and undoubtedly exerted influence on policy makers in...
At last, America and some of its closest allies decided to strike against the heavily armed rogues who, since the outbreak of the war in Gaza, have...
The West shares an old problem with the rest of the world: the constant menace of totalitarian zealots determined to interfere in the lives of others,...