By Paul C. Graham ON NOVEMBER 19, 1863, ABRAHAM LINCOLN delivered his most revered oration at the dedication of the Soldiers National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. As a work of English prose, The Gettysburg Address has few equals in the American literary canon. Eloquent and succinct, it has inspired Americans with almost religious awe for …
By Olga Sibert As Greece and other traditionally Orthodox countries impose travel bans, restrictions and closures ahead of Pascha for a second year in a row, many eyes are looking toward the American South. While most churches around the world closed their doors on Holy Pascha of 2020 some brave priests in Dixieland, known for its rugged …
By Ilana Mercer The country is fast descending into a Dantean hell. The Circles of Hell into which we’ve been signed, sealed and delivered are mass migration, diversity, multiculturalism, and zealous, institutionalized anti-whiteness, with its attendant de-civilization and inversion of long-held societal morals and mores. The guiding ghost of Virgil is nowhere to be found. To ostensibly shepherd …
By Daniel B. Rundquist Just calm down already. Really. Sit down and relax. Take a breath. Turn off your television. Americans today are so on edge and hypersensitive to every soundbite we hear these days. Don’t worry that you’ll miss anything; the media vomits out another breathless panic attack inciting soundbite about every four hours. You’ll …
By Earl Starbuck “Acts of congress, to be binding, must be made pursuant to the constitution; otherwise they are not laws, but a mere nullity.” — St. George Tucker “There is no danger I apprehend so much as the consolidation of our government by the noiseless, and therefore unalarming instrumentality of the Supreme Court.” — …
Where was the constitutional duty to act forcefully when BLM and Antifa goons romped and rampaged across the country? None was evident. By Ilana MercerJanuary 8, 2021 Why repeat hackneyed phrases about annus horribilis 2020? Recall the opening paragraph of A Tale of Two Cities, a classic by Charles Dickens. Interspersed in that epical introduction are countervailing, sweetness-and-light words. Excise these—and …
By Daniel B. Rundquist By now everyone knows there is a pandemic sweeping across the American landscape. It started rather quietly and at first went nearly unnoticed by most of us. This pandemic soon accelerated and quickly caught the attention of the global media, our federal and state level politicians, and by our local officials. …
Despite all the state has done to “liberate” children from the strictures of the traditional family, as any child will tell you, more than anything, he yearns for a mom and dad like Ralphie’s. By Ilana MercerDecember 24, 2020 Described by a critic as “one of those rare movies you can say is perfect in …
By Daniel B. Rundquist When I read the news lately, I just want to shout. It’s insane. There is no civility, no normalcy, and really not much in the way of actual news any longer. Even media outlets dedicated to reporting just the weather are polluting the airways with their political agenda. Propagandists of every …
My colleague and friend Jack Kerwick, who I had the pleasure of interviewing for the DM podcast back in June, has written a riveting piece. For anyone who’s ever read Kerwick, that’s not really news. His writing is always thought-provoking, sometimes putting into words exactly what you felt but couldn’t quite articulate, and other times …