Forward March - The Countermarch

Stained glass of the Crucifixion, with Saint Mary and Saint John the Evangelist, in SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Huntington, Indiana. Photo by Scott P. Richert.

Faith Incarnate

The Truth Needs No Defense

What the world desperately needs today is not a defense of the truth, but the proclamation of the truth.

An AI-generated image of the fourth horseman of the apocalypse, Death, riding through a dystopian Washington, D.C.

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His Kingdom for a Horse

Put not your trust in princes.

A AI-generated cartoon of Scott P. Richert in his library.

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Let’s Start Our Journey Together

Join me on The Countermarch.

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Power to the People!

Republicanism, federalism, decentralism, distributism, agrarianism, subsidiarity — the fundamental insight of these political theories is that the only way to confine politics to its proper sphere so that true culture and morality can flourish is to prevent the inordinate concentration of power.

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Taking Back the Culture

There are no political solutions to cultural problems. True restoration requires reclaiming the institutions of everyday life — family, church, and local community — from the all-encompassing reach of the revolutionary state.

Village of Imbsheim, Alsace-Lorraine, with its church, cemetery, fields, and vineyard rows viewed from above; the Richert family emigrated from here to the United States in 1832.

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Our Corner of the Vineyard

Cultural renewal cannot be achieved through national politics but requires a return to the principle of subsidiarity, in which authority flows outward from the family and local community rather than downward from the state.