Why the Ghost of Cecil Continues to Haunt Us
By:Just when you thought you could count on the transient nature of the countless non-events our culture obsesses over, to ensure they ended up as just an…
Intellectual Life
Mad Men, Desire and Happiness
By:My wife and I are rabid fans of Mad Men, AMC’s critically-acclaimed drama about an advertising agency in the 1960s. The show surveys America’s most tu…
Why I Love Vinyl Records: Side A and Side B
By:When I was a boy, my family had had vinyl records and a "hi-fi." My dad had a closet in the house with the "hi-fi" within it. All the equipment was sil…
Risen Movie Review: Gladiator Meets The Passion
By:...or so I had hoped. The reality was a bit underwhelming. But first... RISEN MOVIE PARENTAL POINTS: Sex scenes: 0 instances Veiled sexual ref…
Republicans are Gullible Idiots…and I am one of them
By:Why can't Republicans win anymore? Because unlike the Democrats, we Republicans as a group are gullible and stupid. We put 8 men on stage and this i…
Lenten Martyrdom with Shusaku Endo
By:Every Catholic gentleman should set aside time to read fiction. For those of us with expanding families and busy careers this can become a considerable…
Strength and Honor: Lessons in Manly Virtue from Gladiator (Part II)
By:The Oscars were last night and I'm glad to hear that Leonardo Dicaprio finally won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Mainly this is because he has had …
Ten Western Films for the Manly Among Us
By:Since the era of the dime novels, to the beginning of the film age and right up until today, many a man has been drawn to the tales of the Wild West. …
Strength and Honor: Masculine Virtue in Gladiator (Part I)
By:The 88th Academy Awards are next Sunday night. I rarely care about what Hollywood thinks are the best movies they have produced during the year althoug…
Donald Trump is Winning as an Answer to Socialism
By:Epiphany moment: This presidential race symbolizes capitalism (Trump) vs. Euro-Socialism (Clinton/Sanders). America is so far gone that we can n…