According to a Gallup Poll released on Monday, frequent church attendees were the only group in the U.S. that did not experience a mental health decline in 2020. Gallup has conducted its November Health and Healthcare Survey annually since 2001. The 2020 results show 34% of Americans consider their mental health “excellent,” and 76% consider their mental […]
Morally Corrupt and Delusional Individuals Cannot Be Trusted on Voting Issues
by Fr. Ioannes Apiarius The same politicians, activists, academics, reporters, and pundits who believe, constantly advocate, and loudly insist that: Unborn children are just a “blob of cells” with no rights. Unrestricted abortion up to the moment of birth is a great “moral” achievement and progress. A man wearing a dress is a “woman.” Human […]
Hours Before The Election, The Biden Campaign Has Finally Gone Full Marxist
by Matt Walsh With hours left before the election, the Biden-Harris ticket has decided on its closing pitch: full blown Marxism. In a video posted to her Twitter account on Sunday, Kamala Harris draws a distinction between “equality” and “equity.” She claims that “equality” is the belief that “everyone should get the same amount” while […]
Karl Marx: The Unashamed Racist
Originally entitled: “The Ugly Racism of Karl Marx.” by Walter E. Williams May Day celebrations were held all across the fruited plain, with leftist radicals and unionists worshipping the ideals of communism. Communism is an ideology calling for government control over our lives. It was created by Karl Marx, who—along with his collaborator, Friedrich Engels—wrote […]
An Apologetic for Home Education in the 21st Century
By Allison Burr In the greatest of ironies, a recent issue of Harvard Magazine has condemned parents being at home with their children all day, even while the governments across America have now required it for the past several weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic. My efforts to recast homeschooling in a less-threatening light are rooted in two […]
Women and Civilization
from Disfigured Praise blog, originally titled “How Women Destroy Civilization” Sex and Culture” by J. D. Unwin is a remarkable book. The book analyzes 80 primitive cultures (anthropology) and a number of past empires (history) and finds that, without exception, the level of advancement or decline of all cultures is directly tied to the level […]
Why Sexual Morality May be Far More Important than You Ever Thought
by Kirk Durston One winter afternoon I was relaxing with a half-dozen fellow graduate philosophy students discussing theories of law and punishment. About an hour into the discussion, it occurred to me that some moral laws are necessary because, although they might limit pleasure and enjoyment in the short term, they actually minimize suffering and […]
“Born That Way” No More: The New Science of Sexual “Orientation”
by Paul Sullins A new study adds to a growing body of evidence demonstrating that the dominant narrative about sexual orientation—that it is genetically determined—simply cannot be true. Instead, the science shows that a person’s sexual orientation and choice of partners depends heavily on the development and expression of personal autonomy regarding one’s own sexual […]
A Review of the Foreword by Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) to the latest issue of The Wheel
by Edith M. Humphrey The editors of Orthodox Life offer to their readers an edifying reflection on the Church’s response to pastoral and theological questions regarding sexual morality and Orthodox anthropology. We believe that this will not be a final word, but rather one of many statements of encouragement and direction to the faithful. Introduction This […]
Doctor Secretly Put Drugs in Mentally Ill Woman’s Coffee and Euthanized Her, But Won’t be Punished
The natural result of nihilistic society. Without hope, why not kill? Until you realize we already live in a dystopian world, you’ll never awake. by Alex Schadenberg The trial of the doctor who lethally injected (euthanasia) an incompetent woman without effective consent is happening this week in the Hague Netherlands. The case concerns the euthanasia […]