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We’ve known for a while now that immigration and the sexual revolution stand at the forefront of contemporary leftist priorities. Taken at their most charitable word, they think America is such a great country that everyone should be allowed to come here, and they believe that sex is the highest of all goods and should not be restricted by any social preconceptions. In practice, no matter how genuine in their beliefs anyone might accuse them of being, these translate into “your country shouldn’t belong to you,” and “any attempt to safeguard properly ordered sexual morality must be condemned.”

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September 11, 2020 Merri

The Pillarist

The pillarist, or stylite, as he would usually be termed, is a man who has positioned himself between heaven and

July 15, 2020 Merri

The Politics of Humiliation

If we have learned anything in the last four months, it’s that nearly every element of American society is run, at its highest levels, by people who hate you. This isn’t exactly news to readers of this blog, as I’ve been harping on this point for quite a long time. The difference is, as I mentioned in my last post on the subject, the masks are off and they aren’t even bothering to hide their disdain.

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June 20, 2020 Merri

MASK OFF

It’s another election year, which means, as per the example set last time, the cold civil war in this country

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April 24, 2020 Merri

Coming Apart

About a month ago, the Atlantic dropped a bomb entitled Beyond Originalism, which somewhat briefly outlined an integralist approach to

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April 19, 2019 Merri

Modernity’s Historical Illiteracy — Ecclesia et Synagoga

We all watched the flames consume the historic spire of Notre-Dame on Monday, burning it down to its skeleton before

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November 9, 2018 Merri

Student Loan Crisis or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Debt Slavery

The cumulative total of American student loans hit $1.5 trillion earlier this year, spread out across a little over forty-four

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January 30, 2018 Merri

Find Your Own Van Goh

There’s a distinct feeling of dread that accompanies crossing the threshold into the contemporary art galleries of a metropolitan museum.

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September 26, 2017 Merri

An Afternoon at the Baltimore Museum of Art

Take a trip into downtown Baltimore sometime, see the sights, brave the traffic, and dodge the ragtag collection of pedestrians

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July 18, 2017 Merri

Music as Frivolity and Fashion

Recently, I had the benefit of speaking with a friend of mine who happens to work for a subsidiary of