The Gospel According to Saint Matthew, Chapter 24: Verse 6 says “And you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that ye be not troubled. For these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.”
Those words, perhaps, occurred to many on February 24, Two Thousand Twenty-two when Russian troops invaded Ukraine, after weeks of speculation that such a move might take place.
Nonetheless, many people, including those in the news media and in Ukraine itself, responded to the attack by being surprised. Such an attack appeared foolhardy. Surely Vladimir Putin, a man intelligent enough to hold power in Russia for over twenty years, would never take such an unnecessary risk.
This podcast considers the implications of this transcendent event, which threatens the very roots of Western Culture.
To read the essays in their original formats, please go to A “Not Normal” 2022 Means It’s Time to Improvise and Dare (returntoorder.org), America Should Uphold Justice and Help Ukraine Against Putin’s 'Unjust War' - TFP, and The End of History Just Ended - The American TFP.
Thank you for listening.
