Children are often shaped less by harm than by absence; the absence of moral authority and virtue in the adults who raise them. Where prudence, temperance, fortitude, and justice are weak, children inherit disorder by proximity. Take the virtue test and see where you need to grow.
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WHEN BELIEF IS DEMANDED BEFORE PROOF, JUSTICE IS ALREADY DEAD
Due process restrains the state, not the conscience of the citizen. Free speech exists to protect the right to question, to reason, and to dissent without coercion. When a society demands belief before proof and silence instead of inquiry, it abandons the moral and legal foundations of freedom.
The First Anti-Capitalists
History did not begin with a workers’ uprising against greedy factory owners. It began with aristocrats furious that ordinary men could finally earn more than a peasant’s wage. The first class warriors were not laborers — they were lords. When capitalism started lifting the poor, the privileged revolted, not to protect the weak, but to preserve their own place at the top. The great scandal of capitalism was not poverty; it was the escape from poverty.
What Happens When Vice Becomes Normal and Virtue Becomes Strange
When virtue becomes optional, disorder quietly takes the throne. Our age mocks modesty, scorches chastity, and calls vice enlightenment—never seeing the collapse this creates. Civilization cannot stand without the moral architecture our ancestors understood. The way forward is the way back: toward virtue, order, and truth.
The Price of Pretending: Inflation and the Fantasy of Free Money
Inflation disproportionately impacts families, eroding their purchasing power while benefiting elites. It results from government overspending, culminating in wealth transfer from the working class to the affluent. This financial injustice perpetuates class warfare and undermines future security. A virtuous economy demands honesty, restraint, and moral responsibility to restore balance and ensure prosperity.
❧The Market Is a Conversation, Not a Calculator
Central planning fails because it disregards real prices, which reflect true consumer demand. The market reveals preferences through voluntary choices, while government interventions lead to resource misallocation and shortages. Historical examples demonstrate that understanding individual needs is essential for effective economic outcomes, as only freedom can accurately convey value.
❧ Politics Without Philosophy: A Nation Without a Spine
The article argues that a civilized political order relies on virtue, ethics, and natural law as foundational principles. It emphasizes that philosophy must guide politics to prevent tyranny and chaos, asserting that without moral discipline, political discourse degrades into mere power struggles. Reestablishing a moral framework is essential for a functional society.
❦ Which Austen Mother, Aunt or Spinster Are You? A Playful Virtue Quiz
This content humorously explores the female archetypes in Jane Austen's works, comparing them to modern-day women. Through a quiz, readers reflect on their own characteristics, recognizing strengths and weaknesses. Ultimately, it emphasizes growth, self-awareness, and the role of virtue in shaping one's identity, inspired by Austen's insights.
❦ Everyone Is Wrong About Porn; Here’s What Nobody Is Saying
Modern discourse about sexuality has become a tug-of-war of accusation. Mention pornography, chastity, modesty, or moral responsibility, and instantly the two sexes retreat into battle formation. Women insist pornography is a male failure, and men respond with grievances of female hypocrisy, nagging or both. But beneath all the fighting, something ancient, important, and fragile is breaking. This is not a debate about porn. Not really. This is a revelation of the interior collapse of the feminine soul in this modern age; and the masculine soul as well (but I speak to women, not men). To mend what is unraveling, we must speak plainly, gently, and without fear.
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