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Humpty Dumpty, the Corruption of Language, and the Destruction of Society

June 11, 2022 Robert R. Reilly 50

Almost everyone is familiar with Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass. In one of its most famous passages, Carroll neatly encapsulates the central issue in the use and abuse of language: “When I use a […]

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Rémi Brague’s bracing critique of modernity’s low-rent logos

February 12, 2020 Richard M. Reinsch II 6

In Curing Mad Truths, French philosopher Rémi Brague argues that the modern world is dying because it cannot answer the question of why it should live. To answer that question will require humility, according to […]

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Russell Kirk: Conservative, Convert, Catholic

October 19, 2018 Bradley J. Birzer 2

Editor’s note: This essay was originally posted on July 31, 2014, and is re-posted to mark the 100th anniversary of Kirk’s birth. Ordinarily Providence works through men and women—through St. Gregory, through St. Joan. Saints […]

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Diving into eternity

February 17, 2018 David Paul Deavel 6

True knowledge of God can only be had in the midst of a life for which all work is undertaken based on prayer and all […]

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Catholic News Service has reported that Father Frank Pavone, arguably the most prominent pro-life Catholic activist in the US and national director of Priests for Life, has been notified by his bishop, Patrick J. Zurek […]

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