There is a growing sense of malaise within the West. Our political institutions fail to address the range of issues which overwhelm us. Poverty grows while the rich continue to collect windfall profits. The promise of progress that Americans were sold and which buoyed our 20th century optimism has been deflated by the repeated ascendancy of a cruel and moronic regime which steadily acts to dismantle all sense of decency and democratic continuity. His success, and that of other populists, can only be explained by their appeal to the grievances of a disillusioned populace who no longer recognize the world around them. Given this perceived loss of control, they flock to strongmen who promise to fight for them. But putting a tyrant who will tatter the regulatory structure of the state will not turn back the clock. Instead, it will only facilitate those who already have undue influence to further their interests, turning the wheel of the rack and increasing economic pain.
Rather than feeding into these cycles, serving as a public guide to reconciliation, Christians have instead been one of the most vocal allies of these reactionary forces that seek retribution. Protestants who used to abide by the social gospel have since lost the plot. Even homegrown Catholicism has been warped beyond any resemblance to Rome’s interpretation of the good book as they continue their crusades to curb women’s reproductive freedoms.
This site was created to be a space to breathe new life to those muted voices calling for transcendental solutions, solutions that imagine a polity beyond the narrow scope delimited by liberal ideology. Intellectuals have for too long renounced their vocation as disinterested critics of society for comfortable positions within the technocratic apparatus of the state as bureaucratic experts or university professors. It is time for them to return to the forefront of Western society to be guardians of truth, beacons that stand above the noise which drowns out reason and illuminates the path to freedom. It is also the intention of this site to create a space for the voices of those that are still connected to the traditions of Catholic nations. Their cultural memory can serve as a litmus test by which to compare American norms.