The Narthex
Rudderless Leaders
A culture cannot be maintained without the underpinning of religion
By David Daintree | June 29th 2022 9:20 PMRecently the Christopher Dawson Centre for Cultural Studies hosted Greg Sheridan, Foreign Editor of The Australian newspaper, who spoke to a capacity crowd on Christianity's Contribution to Western Civilization. Greg is a good friend to the Dawson Centre; he has visited on earlier occasions and always deservedly draws a large audience,…
READ FULL BLOG POSTMaster Schemers
'Too much power simply corrupts mankind'
By Richard DellOrfano | June 8th 2022 12:23 PMFormer confidants of Hitler did not get out of Germany alive, but Hermann Rauschning did. He later published verbatim private conversations with Hitler between 1932 and 1935, revealing a strategy to gain control of America that would have astonished the Allies. The author’s intimate revelations of Hitler’s personality, describing his…
READ FULL BLOG POSTVanishing Conservatism
Independent thinkers must contend with hostility from both the left and the right
By David Daintree | May 26th 2022 4:48 PMEdmund Burke described society as “a partnership... between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born.” Conservatives feel this keenly, believing they have obligations to generations past and to come. Enemies of conservatism, often driven by deep resentment of traditional values, prefer to…
READ FULL BLOG POSTChristians, Stay Away
Faithful families can plan on fewer activities at public pools, libraries, and summer camps
By Barbara Rose | May 23rd 2022 4:39 PMOver at The Federalist, author Joy Pullmann's article "The Left Has Effectively Banned Christian Kids From Public Pools, Libraries, And Summer Camps" paints a picture of what beleaguered Christian parents have to look forward to this summer (May 23). Pullmann's description of interactions with formerly benign groups like 4-H leaves…
READ FULL BLOG POSTNo to Gender Sameness
The sexes are built to complement each other
By Richard DellOrfano | May 9th 2022 2:15 PMMen and women are not biologically equal in function and physique. But the extreme liberal camp has promoted that baseless notion, insisting the sexes are interchangeable. Women are not physiologically built like men, as the task of raising the young requires specific biological and…
READ FULL BLOG POSTQualifications to Lead
Without a vision the people perish
By James Hanink | May 3rd 2022 11:48 AMThe widely read internet outlet CalMatters presents itself as a nonprofit and independent news source. Its mission, supposedly, is to explain California policy and politics. To that end, it offers a “compare and contrast” lesson on the gubernatorial candidates in the June 7th California Primary election. Several candidates have their…
READ FULL BLOG POSTA Whole Other Electorate
63 million Americans never got a chance to vote, or even to breathe
By Jason Morgan | April 28th 2022 12:06 PMElection integrity has been in the news a lot these past few years. A cloud long hung over the 2016 presidential election, for example. Did the Russians throw the contest in favor of Trump? Did James Comey and the FBI do the same by opening a probe into Hillary Clinton’s…
READ FULL BLOG POSTGood News in Yemen
A serious cease-fire after six years and 400,000 dead
By Barbara Rose | April 20th 2022 7:38 PMThe first serious truce between warring parties in Yemen took effect earlier this month. The Yemen conflict has continued for six years and killed 400,000 people, has led to the world's worst humanitarian crisis, and involved the U.S., but American media gave it scant coverage compared to the invasion of…
READ FULL BLOG POSTMore Questions for the L.A. Times
Its editors claim many things unsupported by facts
By James Hanink | April 18th 2022 7:59 PMYou might recall, gentle reader, that I’m putting together an Open Letter to the Editorial Board of the Los Angeles Times. It’s their fault. They sent the ritual questionnaire for candidates interested in winning their endorsement. Well, I hardly expect to win their support for my gubernatorial campaign. I can…
READ FULL BLOG POSTBeware of Mustachioed Napoleons
John Bolton serves the foreign-export Enlightenment wing of the American uniparty
By Jason Morgan | April 13th 2022 3:13 PMJohn Bolton has a reputation as a fierce conservative. Fifteen years ago or so, I used to think he was, too. I would watch Bolton, who was President George W. Bush’s Ambassador to the United Nations, appear on the television and lay into Washington liberals like a dog going at…
READ FULL BLOG POSTA Brief on Abortion
Science and the Church teach when human life begins
By Richard DellOrfano | April 9th 2022 3:25 PMThe first recorded evidence of induced abortion is from the Egyptian Ebers Papyrus dated to 1550 BC. The only evidence in ancient laws of a death penalty for abortion is found in Assyrian law: the Code of Assura, c. 1075 BC. The epic Ramayana, c. 750BC, has a description of…
READ FULL BLOG POSTNotes for an ‘Open Letter’
The Editorial Board of the L.A. Times sent me questions, and I'll question them
By James Hanink | April 6th 2022 1:17 PMLast week The Editorial Board of the Los Angeles Times sent me a questionnaire. I was advised that if I want to be considered for a Board endorsement in the upcoming California Primary, I must complete the questionnaire. Well, I’m running for governor, so I did as requested. But I’m…
READ FULL BLOG POSTClimate Talk ‘Canceled’
Venue owner cancels talk on science and gets the reply he deserves
By David Daintree | March 30th 2022 2:29 PMWe at the Christopher Dawson Centre, in Australia, are looking forward to hosting a talk by Prof. Ian Plimer on Thursday April 21. He is a controversial and provocative climate scientist who questions the prevailing "narrative." After choosing the venue, a pub in central Hobart, and making the arrangements I…
READ FULL BLOG POSTWould You Sign the Bill?
A back-and-forth with an activist group
By James Hanink | March 21st 2022 9:44 PMIn my gubernatorial campaign to challenge Gavin Newsom, I get lots of inquiries. Here’s one from the advocacy group Intact Political Action (IPA).
“Hello. If you are elected Governor of California, would you sign a bill banning non-therapeutic circumcision of boys if it came to your desk? Would…
READ FULL BLOG POSTOn Campaign in Calif.
Maybe our state once reflected the American Dream. Now it exports a primal scream.
By James Hanink | March 8th 2022 4:09 PMJune 7, 2022: Save the date! Truth be told, I don’t save most dates. This one’s different. It’s the date of the California Primary Election, and I’m running for Governor. Again. I was a candidate in last year’s Special Recall Election that induced Gavin Newsom, our (still) sitting governor, to…
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