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Bari Weiss or Protestant Franco: Which Way, Western Man?
For several years it’s been popular to lament America’s irrevocable slide into the anti-Christian “negative world.” Prognostications of this sort have led some to speculate that, if something doesn’t...
Masculinity Is Tragic
Late in the Iliad, the Trojan Lycaon begs Achilles to spare his life on the battlefield. Achilles refuses his supplications: Come, friend, you too must die. Why moan about...
The Real Problem at Wheaton College
Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, has been accused of slipping into the liberal abyss many times since its founding in 1860. As a recent graduate, I’m often asked if...