Tag Archives: Politics

My Vote

Posted on Tuesday, 8 November, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I am not American and I don’t live in that country, so I can’t vote there. Many things have been said about Hillary Clinton: accusations of being involved in paedophilia circles, black magic or satanism, being irresponsible or even treacherous … Continue reading →

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Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme

Posted on Saturday, 5 November, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

So begins the famous cantata of Bach from the Lutheran Advent hymn. Wake, arise, loud call the voices of Watchmen so high in the tower, Wake up, O Jerusalem! I remember this cantata being sung entirely as the anthem at … Continue reading →

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End of the Season

Posted on Thursday, 3 November, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

It is always a sad time of year, wintering boats. I spent a pleasant weekend at Barfleur and had a couple of short outings in Sarum in a gentle east wind blowing to a lee shore. It was truly weather … Continue reading →

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Benedict Option Revisited

Posted on Wednesday, 26 October, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Rod Dreher has just published The Religious Right: A Eulogy. I have no personal experience of American religion other than a short year with an expatriate American community called the Oblates of Wisdom in Rome in 1985-86. American Roman Catholicism … Continue reading →

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Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short

Posted on Saturday, 15 October, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

In such condition [human nature without government], there is no place for industry; because the fruit thereof is uncertain: and consequently no culture of the earth; no navigation, nor use of the commodities that may be imported by sea; no … Continue reading →

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Post-Modern Goliards

Posted on Saturday, 24 September, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The theme has fascinated me for a long time. I feel profoundly dissatisfied with the development of conservative mores. I notice the fascination many of my contemporaries have for the generation born in the 1920’s and 30’s who lived their … Continue reading →

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The Vendée Genocide

Posted on Friday, 26 August, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

When I was at seminary, a French historian came to give a lecture about the genocide in the Vendée in 1796, two years after Robespierre’s head had dropped into the basket. The people of that region of France (where I … Continue reading →

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Der Ubermensch

Posted on Thursday, 25 August, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Perhaps Nietzsche Revisited? I read More From National Review’s David French on Masculinity and thought it would be best to ignore it. I have been brought to think about some of the more provocative stuff I have written in the past. … Continue reading →

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They’re boring everybody

Posted on Thursday, 4 August, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

“They’re boring everybody. Chesty Puller, a great Marine general, once said, ‘You can run me, and you can starve me, and you can beat me, and you can kill me, but don’t bore me.’ And that’s exactly what’s happening now: … Continue reading →

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A response to Patrick…

Posted on Saturday, 2 July, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

As promised, I give a few ideas in response to Patrick’s post A response to Fr Anthony… that responded to my recent posting on the Beast of Nazism and similar ideologies. As William Tighe suggested in his comment, there is … Continue reading →

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