Dispatches from El Camino
Amazingly, spirituality is not a “weird” and awkward subject for the people of Madrid, it’s normalized. Here, people seem to treat the topic of religion as cordially as you’d discuss college football.
Culture
Living Behind Enemy Lines, Tale #38: Libs Ruin Even The Small Pleasures Of Life
Liberal bully tore the poster down, crumpled it into a ball & threw it at the clerk, while screaming profanities at her. He then went to the main post office & screeched at the postmaster.
The Forgotten Virtue: How Our Culture is Crumbling Without Forgiveness
In a world that prizes outrage, thrives on callouts, and worships moral high ground, one ancient virtue has quietly vanished from public life: forgiveness.
Planned Barrenhood
Planned Parenthood’s name is a canard. It has nothing to do with parenthood; rather they are anti-parenthood being the largest abortion mill this side of Communist China.
Patterns in the Myths: How Modern Thinkers Nearly Uncovered a Deeper Truth
Across time and culture, human beings have told stories to explain life—stories about brave heroes, dying kings, magical cups, and mysterious journeys that lead to transformation.
The American Way
Daddy used his belt buckle to pop open his Coke. He used his teeth to tear open the peanuts. Then he carefully dumped the nuts into the mouth of the bottle. He handed the bottle to me. “Here,” he said. “This is something my daddy used to do. Try it.”
Made in the Image of God: Creating Order in a World of Chaos”
Life is chaos. Not metaphorically. Not symbolically. At its core, existence is one long, tangled mess of disorder, uncertainty, and entropy. From the spinning galaxies to the storms on Earth to the mess in your kitchen—chaos is the natural state of things.
Throwing Good Money After Bad
It was thanks to Robert Stacy McCain that I saw this tweet from the Defender of the Republic. Britney Spears has a guesstimated net worth of $60 million, according to Forbes, or perhaps a paltry $40 million, estimated by Celebrity Net Worth. The Defender wondered why no one could help a clearly wealthy and attractive …
October 7 Lawsuit Reveals American Accomplices
A number of American families of victims of Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attacks have filed a lawsuit in Washington, D.C. court, against the many alleged American collaborators and financiers of the demons of Hamas who carried out that vicious torturing, kidnapping, and killing spree.
The Democrat Plan: Managed Decline
Despite President Trump’s efforts, the Democrats continue to try to manage what can only be called the decline of the United States, consistently obstructing his plans at every opportunity. Why?
Buen Camino
Today, my wife and I will become pilgrims. We will walk the breadth of Spain, upwards of 500 miles, over Pyrenees Mountains, on foot, to visit the remains of the apostle James.
That Thing That Never Happens, Has Happened Again
Lia Rose, who reportedly used to compete as Zachary, won the high jump at the Portland Interscholastic League Varsity Relays with a height of 4 feet, 8 inches, beating the second-place finisher by two inches.
The Weight Behind the Badge: When Our Guardians Suffer in Silence
They do not die in shootouts, in car chases, or at the hands of violent criminals. They die alone, often in silence, by their own hand. And they do so at an alarming and increasing rate.
Winning the Culture War
The battle against corporate evil is worthy and Real Americans are winning. Companies apparently are abandoning ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) in favor of making money again
An American Procession
It’s overcast. I’m with my wife and my dog. We are on the wide porch of a vacation rental house. This is the main road which cuts through this small town. There are sounds of kids laughing, playing. Easy traffic.
Tribalism in the USA and the Battle Over Sacred Cows
Tribalism in the U.S. has intensified as politics has become more about identity and loyalty than policy debate. Instead of viewing political beliefs as a spectrum, Americans increasingly see them as binary choices—either you’re “with us” or “against us.”
National Student-Athlete Day: A Celebration of Legacy, Not Paychecks
Today, April 6th, we celebrate National Student-Athlete Day (NSAD)—a day to honor the nearly 8 million high school and 500,000 college student-athletes across the United States who balance grueling athletic schedules with academic excellence and community impact.
Screen Angels
Not only did Disney’s latest film Snow White take a pounding from the critics, but it also lost at the box office. According to The Hollywood Reporter during its opening weekend, the movie grossed $86.1 million falling short of its $100 million goal.
Book review: C.S. Lewis and the World He Warned Us About; A Prescient Vision from 1943
In 1943, in the midst of a world war and at the dawn of a technological era, C.S. Lewis published a slender but thunderous work titled The Abolition of Man. At the time, it was a philosophical defense of objective values against creeping relativism. Today, it reads like prophecy.
El Camino de Average Joe
People from all over the world are traveling to this sacred place. Farmers and peasants. Lords and ladies. Rich and poor.