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Indispensable Plato 

Rhys Laverty

Over the past decade, somewhat surprisingly, many people have become born-again defenders of Western civilization...

The Summer of Our Discontent

Rhys Laverty

Aside from my parents’ dog, no one close to me has died recently. And yet I have received regular messages of condolence for my loss from good friends in...

Defending the Christian Character of England

Rhys Laverty

A couple of years ago, I heard the historian David Starkey describe the Church of England as “English Shintoism—the English worshiping themselves.” He meant this...

Omnis in Scripturas

Rhys Laverty

Out in some wild place, there stands a prophet. He is alone with the elements and his God. He has retreated from the crowds, yet again and again they follow him and demand a sign...

Lady Scrooges

Rhys Laverty

I noticed it last Christmas: It’s the women who really hate Ebenezer Scrooge. In the opening scene of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, the main victims of Scrooge’s scorn are his...