Anniversaries & Obituaries

Why DEI Is Wrong, and Why We Have a Holiday: I Have A Dream - Martin Luther King, Jr.

The defining speech of the Civil Rights Era still speaks to us today. Too bad Democrats have rejected it yet again.

Jan 19 • Rod D. Martin and Guest Author

Our 10 Most-Read Articles of 2025

The essays you liked most this year, from the daily geopolitical analysis Fox Business calls “absolutely phenomenal”.

Dec 31, 2025 • Rod D. Martin

Immanuel: The Metanarrative of Scripture

Christmas is not the beginning of the story. It's the turning point of human history.

Dec 25, 2025 • Rod D. Martin

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Several items for your edification and that of those you love.

Dec 24, 2025 • Rod D. Martin

My 10 Favorite Books of 2025

Run don't walk to buy all of these.

Dec 22, 2025 • Rod D. Martin

Why Charlie Brown is Wrong About Christmas

In the most Christian twenty-five minutes in all of television history, everyone knows that Linus nails the Gospel. Charlie Brown, however, is wrong…

Dec 21, 2025 • Rod D. Martin

Christmas Is Not Pagan, and Neither Is Its Date

The Incarnation sanctifies time itself — and the smug “Saturnalia/Sol Invictus” meme collapses the moment you check the calendar and read the Church…

Dec 21, 2025 • Rod D. Martin

Pearl Harbor and the Birth of the American Century

The day that redefined the United States, down to the present day.

Dec 6, 2025 • Guest Author

Thanksgiving and Puritan Geopolitics in the Americas

Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay and the little-known colony of Providence Island in the Caribbean were part of a broader Puritan geopolitical strategy to…

Nov 28, 2025 • Guest Author

The Power of Gratitude vs. the Poison of Envy

Why America is a magnet to the world: Rod's 2025 Thanksgiving message.

Nov 27, 2025 • Rod D. Martin

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Veterans Day, Armistice Day, St. Martin's Day

Three November 11th traditions remind us that peace is not the mere absence of war, but the presence of men willing to fight for the good.

Nov 11, 2025 • Rod D. Martin

Intellectuals and Thugs: The Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution was the embodiment of an idea — an idea turned into a political party, ruled by a man who claimed the authority of logic and who…

Nov 7, 2025 • Guest Author

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