Points of Interest

The key problem that gives rise to populism in the first place is elite decay.

Great architecture has a constant quality that overrides all considerations of 'period'.

The meaning of life is, for me, the refinement of the human conscience.

War is a form of human social adaptation to circumstances.

It is the politics of pretending everything is ok when it very much isn't. It is the politics of denialism, of praying and delaying, of stealing from Peter to pay Paul, of buying people off with their own money and importing voters.

It is of no avail to weep for the loss of a loved one, which is why we weep.

One must either be good or imitate someone who is good.

The publishing industry doesn’t prioritise things that are interesting. Instead, they prioritise agitprop for kindergarten students.

We are all animals, though hubris tries to make us forget it.

I am an "all can, some do, none must"... I want the Novus Ordo, Latin Mass, Byzantine etal for whoever wants them - I want them all to flourish as they are all legit forms of worship.

We wanted social services to allow Preston to stay with foster parents until I was better but they wouldn’t allow it. It would have only been for a few extra months. If they had kept Preston in foster care, he could have been with his sister when I recovered. If they’d agreed, he would be here with me today.

The most potent force in Western politics is no longer an ideology; it is a feeling: that no one in power sees you, hears you, or is acting on your behalf.

Leftwing people find it very hard to get on with rightwing people, because they believe that they are evil. Whereas I have no problem getting on with leftwing people, because I simply believe that they are mistaken.

There are few places worse in Europe than the urban sprawl of Italy, and there is a reason for this: most of the buildings are abusivi, that is, built without planning permission, or given retroactive planning permission, when they should not have been.

It's what I think hotels would be like under Communism.