“Many can now see that the nations of the West are hurtling toward the abyss,” writes American-Israeli political theorist Yoram Hazony in his recent 400-page magnum opus, Conservatism: A Rediscovery. Herein he provides a tour de force review of Anglo-American conservative political thought, from fifteenth-century England to the modern West, and draws lessons for why […]
G. K. Chesterton Offers Back to the Future Insight on the World
Gilbert Keith (G. K.) Chesterton, born May 29, 1874, was a towering Catholic intellect who lucidly commented on political and theological issues. Recently Sophia Institute Press reprinted his 1910 book, What’s Wrong with the World. Sophia Institute Press author spokesperson Kristen Van Uden joined Conservative Casual Friday show host Andrew E. Harrod to discuss what insight Chesterton offers from the […]
Qatar’s Jihad Comes to Graceland (Part Two)
The family of Steven Sotloff, a Jewish Israeli-American journalist beheaded by Islamic State (IS) jihadists in 2014 in Syria, filed a federal lawsuit on May 13 against Qatar’s state-sponsored charity, Qatar Charity (QC), for financially supporting IS. The lawsuit is the most recent evidence of how Qatar, as previously analyzed, is a global hotbed of […]
Anti-Israel Panel (Unintentionally) Demonstrates Need for Israel’s Citizenship Law
Hassan Jabareen, founder and general director of the anti-Israel organization Adalah, denounced Israel’s Citizenship and Entry Law as among “crimes against humanity” during an April 26 Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP) webinar. Addressing “Legalized Discrimination: How Israel’s ‘Citizenship & Entry’ Law Harms Palestinian Families by Design,” FMEP’s panelists distorted as racist a measure that […]
Social Media in Light of Classical and Christian Teaching
Mount St. Mary’s University philosophy professor Joshua Hochschild joined show host Andrew E. Harrod in a Conservative Casual Friday interview to discuss how to maintain virtues of mind and spirit in an era of distracting and often superficial social media. Hochschild is the coauthor of the 2017 book A Mind at Peace: Reclaiming an Ordered Soul in the Age of […]
Pakistan’s Antiterrorism Potemkin Village
A Pakistani court convicted on April 7 Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) jihadist leader Hafiz Muhammad Saeed of two terrorism finance charges, each carrying penalties of 15.5 and 16.5 years imprisonment. While at first glance this judgment might indicate a strong Pakistani stand against terrorism, there is more than meets the eye in Pakistan, a state with a […]
Surfer Bear Woznick Plumbs the Soul’s Depths
Renowned Catholic commentator Bear Woznick, host of the evangelistic motorcycle show Long Ride Home on the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), has returned to Conservative Casual Friday. Combining faith and action in his usual style, he has a new release by Sophia Institute Press of his spiritual autobiography, A Surfer’s Guide to the Soul. This surfing champion, scuba diver, outrigger canoe paddler, […]
Joe Biden’s Iran Bomb Agreement
In 2018, President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from President Barack Obama’s 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or nuclear deal with Iran. Trump had concluded that the agreement could not effectively prevent the Islamic Republic of Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Now President Joe Biden’s administration is on the verge of concluding […]
President Joe Biden’s Supreme Radical Ketanji Brown Jackson
Fulfilling a campaign promise to nominate a Black woman to the United States Supreme Court, President Joe Biden has picked Ketanji Brown Jackson to fill the seat of retiring Justice Stephen G. Breyer. On a wide range matters, from Critical Race Theory to sentencing in child pornography cases and even the definition of “woman,” Jackson has ignited controversy […]
Woke Twitter Suspends Andrew E. Harrod Over Rachel Levine
Conservative Casual Friday show host Andrew E. Harrod tweeted last week on March 21 that “Rachel Levine is a man.” The recognition of this biological fact involved President Joe Biden’s assistant secretary for health, a man who identifies as a woman. The Christian conservative satire outlet Babylon Bee had earlier mocked USA Today for including Levine among the 2022 […]