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Indispensable Platoย 

Rhys Laverty

Over the past decade, somewhat surprisingly, many people have become born-again defenders of Western civilization...

The Summer of Our Discontent

Rhys Laverty

Aside from my parentsโ€™ dog, no one close to me has died recently. And yet I have received regular messages of condolence for my loss from good friends in...

Defending the Christian Character of England

Rhys Laverty

A couple of years ago, I heard the historian David Starkey describe the Church of England as โ€œEnglish Shintoismโ€”the English worshiping themselves.โ€ He meant this...

Omnis in Scripturas

Rhys Laverty

Out in some wild place, there stands a prophet. He is alone with the elements and his God. He has retreated from the crowds, yet again and again they follow him and demand a sign...

Lady Scrooges

Rhys Laverty

I noticed it last Christmas: Itโ€™s the women who really hate Ebenezer Scrooge. In the opening scene of Charles Dickensโ€™s A Christmas Carol, the main victims of Scroogeโ€™s scorn are his...