C.J Donoso

“The bud disappears in the bursting-forth of the blossom, and one might say that the former is refuted by the latter; similarly, when the fruit appears, the blossom is shown up in its turn as a false manifestation of the plant, and the fruit now emerges as the truth of

Western democracies fancy themselves as having moved beyond the need for primitive religion. But man is a spiritual creature and has found replacements for the Old Faith in the form of progressivism and capitalism.

Civic nationalism and patriotism are often described as being distinct from ancestral nationalism, but all of these concepts come from the same roots.

By the time Christianity arrived in Rome, traditional Roman religion and morality was collapsing. Christianity was the only answer for a Roman Empire rotting from the inside out.

In order to escape the nihilism inherent in the modern world many have turned to vitalism. While vitalism has commendable aspects, without being grounded in Christianity it cannot ultimately transcend nihilism.

A genuinely conservative response to identity politics must trace them back to their roots in nominalism, a concept that originated before the Enlightment.

Western alienation is bubbling in Alberta, threatening to rip apart confederation and install a Western republic in Canadian territory. However, conservative separatists do not understand that leaving Canada behind means charting a path towards a much more sinister future.