Reflecting on What’s To Come in 2024
The 2024 general election will be convoluted and filled with surprises. There is an air of uncertainty in the climate, a sense of crisis. International challenges, wars, rumors of wars,...
Jul 17,2023
Culture, Leadership
A Puerto Rican Unionist Speaks
Some time ago, an essay by Mario Loyola was published explaining why Puerto Rico should be “freed,” as if the U.S. were somehow enslaving the island. This is a common...
Celebrating Parents
One of the most essential virtues in a stable society is gratitude. As the Roman statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero once allegedly remarked, “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues...
May 11,2023
What is Woke?
Recently, there has been a growing trend in liberal circles to deride conservative anxieties about Wokeism as a fake issue. In other words, after wokeness rose in our political awareness and...
Apr 11,2023
The Tragedy of Politics
Politics, adequately understood, merely means participation in the affairs of society. The purpose of politics is the common good of all members of the community. That fact is sometimes misunderstood,...
Mar 09,2023
Home in Rome
Last Wednesday, February 22, began the season of Lent. Almost a year ago, I was received into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church. This was the result of a...