Auguste Meyrat

1 week ago | thecatholicthing.org | Auguste Meyrat

In the New York Time’s list of “The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century,” the critics placed Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend, and by extension the next three books of her Neapolitan series, at the very top. In their estimation, these books represent the best literature of the last quarter century. Even for those who have read the series (or watched the TV adaptation), it’s not exactly clear why this is the number one book of our day. In style and substance, Ferrante hardly breaks new ground.

2 weeks ago | conservativereview.com | Auguste Meyrat

2 weeks ago | thefederalist.com | Auguste Meyrat

By now, most sane people have come to realize that humanity faces an underpopulation crisis. After centuries of philosophes, utilitarians, Darwinists, eugenicists, and environmentalists warning of an overpopulation crisis that would devour the planet in some fashion, recent conditions in the developed world have actually resulted in low birth rates, aging demographics, and inevitable population decline.

3 weeks ago | rlo.acton.org | Auguste Meyrat

It’s a common belief today that all war is evil. This is especially true in the wake of the confusing quagmires that have come to characterize warfare in the 21st century: Afghanistan, Iraq, and now Ukraine. So many of these conflagrations have felt indecisive, meaningless, and utterly dehumanizing (especially with the rise of drone warfare). However, insofar as wars actually do decide controversies and carry meaning, they are not necessarily evil.

4 weeks ago | thefederalist.com | Auguste Meyrat

It was only a matter of time until William Shakespeare was decolonized. After all, to paraphrase the Bard himself, he doth bestride the narrow literary world like a colossus. He is the cornerstone of English literature and has written plays and poems that today’s ideologues find problematic.