Politics, Millennials, and the Promise of Christmas

Politics, Millennials, and the Promise of Christmas

One of Charles Dickens’ most beloved characters reforms his churlish ways only after confronting his past, present and future on the night of Christmas Eve. And though discomforting, we Americans would ourselves benefit from reflecting, like Scrooge, on our past and...
Of The Father’s Love Begotten

Of The Father’s Love Begotten

One of my earliest memories is of a cold, dark night in the backseat of my parent’s Century Buick on the way to see my grandfather for Christmas. I distinctly remember listening to beautiful old hymns on a wobbly tape as we passed houses adorned with Christmas...
Bury Your Heart

Bury Your Heart

If you’ve ever seen the 1994 epic Legends of the Fall starring Brad Pitt, you might remember a disturbing scene. During a WWI skirmish, the main character, Tristan (Pitt), runs through the forest to take out two German machine gunners about to fire on his...
Why ‘House of Cards’ Gets Politics Wrong

Why ‘House of Cards’ Gets Politics Wrong

House of Cards is a first-rate series for us political junkies. I’m hooked. In fact, Right Progress Editor James Velasquez and I had plans to wake up at 3:00 AM to start watching it on the night of release. Really. The acting seems, to me, a cut above most television....
A Home for Millennial Reformists

A Home for Millennial Reformists

Originally published on The Clapham Group webpage by Mark Rodgers The Clapham Group’s Ben Kafferlin, with a half dozen other disaffected millennial “reformists,” have started a new initiative named Right Progress. It’s a network of millennial-age writers and...