From the Archive - The Countermarch (Page 2)

An archon guides a scroll-bearing seeker through a gate; another casts a seeker and burning scroll into the abyss. Christ and two disciples walk to Heavenly Jerusalem. (AI-generated image)

Faith Incarnate

All Truth Is God’s Truth

Truth isn’t meant to be hidden.

A young woman’s hand reaches past a silver crucifix to grasp an herbal charm on a dark bedside table. (AI-generated image)

From the Archive

The Devil You Know

Satan, party of one

A black-and-white illustration of an alien as a federal judge in a courtroom by Stephen Warde Anderson.

From the Archive

Us vs. Them

The roots of American distrust of the federal government run deep, and for good reason.

The Polkaholics perform on the Ethnic Stage at the 2004 On the Waterfront Festival in Rockford, Illinois. (Photo by Scott P. Richert)

From the Archive

Polka Can’t Die

Traditions must keep growing if we want them to survive.

Portrait of St. John Henry Newman beside his quotation that one wilful untruth is worse than the sun and moon dropping from heaven.

Faith Incarnate

How to Avoid Sins Against the Truth

Why a half-truth may be worse than a lie.

An AI-generated image of a brown Chevrolet Impala station wagon parked in front of a 1970s diner.

From the Archive

Summertime Blues

Cheap gas, kitsch, and memories.

A photograph of the intersection of Washington and Jefferson streets in downtown Huntington, Indiana, by Scott P. Richert.

Place & the Particular

A Reflection on Patriotism, Community, and Love

Patriotism blossoms within the boundaries of our everyday life.

A photograph of Saint Anne’s Catholic Church on Mackinac Island, Michigan by Scott P. Richert.

Place & the Particular

One Nation

Embracing the reality of our diversity and our common inheritance is essential to restoring true national unity.

A devotional candle in a red glass holder at SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Huntington, Indiana.

Faith Incarnate

Lighting Candles

Through the quiet witness of her faith, Winnebago County board member Mary Ann Aiello showed how Catholic devotion can become public courage.

Forward March

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.

Forward March

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.

Forward March

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.