Modernity and Cicero On The Origin of Eloquence
"If we wish, says Cicero, "to consider the origin of this thing that is called eloquence—whether it be an art or a study or some sort of...
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The Fruit of the Virgin
Michael Aguilera
Nov 92 min read
Status Without Merit?
Men who aspire to honor should fear status without merit.
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Michael Aguilera
Nov 85 min read
The Decay of Catholic Sense and "Luce"
We cannot assess the new "mascot" of the upcoming jubilee without understanding Catholic Sense and aesthetics.
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Michael Aguilera
Sep 153 min read
Nobility, the Composers of Civil and Cultural Unity
Elites play the strings of society to produce a harmonious whole.
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Michael Aguilera
Sep 82 min read
Militancy and Elegance, The Harmonic Contrasts of Gentleman
A man must cultivate potency, a sub-virtue of Militancy, to the highest degree he can. Once he has he will notice greater alertness,...
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Michael Aguilera
Sep 32 min read
Hook-up "Culture", Rape, and Abortion. A Common Link?
Does rape dispense the mother from bringing a child to fruition? Rape, we argue, does not. The simple reasoning is that it is never licit...
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Michael Aguilera
Aug 182 min read
Man is a Walking Ambiance
Man is a walking ambiance. As the various elements of an ambiance—music, lighting, aromas, colors, furniture, and the like—produce...
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Michael Aguilera
Jul 204 min read
"All the legislations of the ancient peoples rest on the fear of the gods."
Theology, because it is the science of God, is the ocean that contains and embraces all sciences, just as God is the ocean that contains...
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Michael Aguilera
Jul 93 min read
Local Artists, Craftsman, and Small Farmers Are Keys to Restoring Catholic Regional Character
Local refinement becomes national character.
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Michael Aguilera
Jul 41 min read
ON PERSUASION: OVERTAKING
The Demons of the Air seek to make men in their image; wild, rough, vulgar, rude, and silly...
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Michael Aguilera
Jun 71 min read
“The Warrior Doesn't Talk Too Much...”
“The warrior never acts to reassure himself that he is as potent as he hopes he is.” “Through clarity of thinking [he] realistically...
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Michael Aguilera
Jun 61 min read
What is Seriousness?
The man who is most serious among you is not the most fit, the most non-chalant, nor the most eloquent. Seriousness is not reducible to a...
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Michael Aguilera
May 63 min read
Three Elements Necessary to Be Successful in the Reconstruction of Christendom
The following advice is adapted from a French Counter-Revolutionary named Jean Ousset (1914-1994) taken from his book "Action," a manual...
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Michael Aguilera
May 33 min read
COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY STRATEGIC WARFARE: TACTICAL DISPOSITIONS
Sun Tzu on Tactical Dispositions: "The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for...
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Michael Aguilera
Mar 63 min read
We Are No Longer Charmed by Babylon...
Super flumina. The lamentation of the people of God in their captivity in Babylon. A psalm of David, for Jeremias. For the time of...
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Michael Aguilera
Jan 153 min read
Ideological Warfare Through Interior Design: The Aesthetic Impact
If ideas either true or erroneous can be diffused into the foundations of institutions and their respective ambiences and customs then we...
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Michael Aguilera
Dec 14, 20232 min read
The Warrior Understands the Counter-Revolutionary Campaign is Generational
It is proper for the Warrior to assume his enemy's plans are cunning and determination adamantine. It is upon this assumption that he...
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Michael Aguilera
Nov 30, 20233 min read
We are Aware of Serving the Common Good But What About the Common Beauty?
Every man has a duty to practice the virtue of magnificence, by it he produces works magnificently (meaning "not easily surpassed") in...
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Michael Aguilera
Nov 15, 20232 min read
Adding Rhythm and Harmony to the Speech and Movement is to Angelicize Oneself
Cultivate good taste in sound by pondering upon the kinds of movements a certain melody married to a rhythm can elicit. When a man of...
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Michael Aguilera
Nov 12, 20232 min read
The Metaphysical Chastisment and Our Disposition in the Face of It.
Emitte Spiritum Tuum et Creabuntur et Renovabis Faciem Terrae. Our circumstance is exceptional. Society has not collapsed and yet every...
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