In 250AD a totalitarian, pagan, empire insisted that Christians get a certificate…
Author: christianmasculine
Simulacra, simulation, and why friends kick friends in the teeth
Relax, the title is clickbait. This is just a defence of the…
Mens sana in corpore sano
The great scourge of modernity is watching man derelict in his duties…
The war in the Vendée
“I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can…
It is well with my soul
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I…
Scotty wasn’t Scottish
Did you ever fall down a Wikipedia rabbit hole? Ever start reading…
The Seven Virtues
I hold to the conviction that we are better suited to learn…
“Go, tell the Spartans, passerby. That here, obedient to her laws, we lie.”
The Spartans valued their honour over their lives. When the Spartan men…
“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.”
The above quote is attributed to Mark Twain. The problem is he…
“The long dark teatime of the soul”
My business was destroyed. My job applications had all failed. My bills…