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The Return to Order MomentNow There Is Proof That Children In Traditional Schools Learn MoreDuring the sixties, so-called experts promoted something called “new math.” This spirit transformed America’s classrooms. Other disciplines soon followed. English became Language Arts. History and Government were combined into Social Studies. The library morphed into the Media Center. Science kept the same name, but instruction radically changed. Computer screens are now the sign of modern education.
Some subjects were eliminated. Handwriting instruction, Home Economics, Driver’s Education, and most Business courses are things of the past.
All of these changes were supposed to get our children ready for life in the twenty-first century.
All of these changes were supposed to get o...
2024-02-2831 min
The Return to Order MomentBumps On The Leftist Road To TomorrowIt is very difficult for leftists to describe their visions for the future. They will be happy to mouth the usual words, equity, inclusion and the like. However, when asked to be more specific, they are at a loss for words. There are two reasons for their speechlessness. First, many of them are so far lost in their utopian dreams that they have not transformed those dreams into useful goals. Second, those who have done that thinking can’t devise a message that attracts support.
Consider this quotation, attributed to World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab, “You will own nothing – and yo...
2024-02-1423 min
The Return to Order MomentThe Islamic Threat To Western Civilization Is Not Limited To IsraelOther than the gathering clouds of yet another contentious election, the biggest news story of the day is the battle between Israel and the Hamas Terrorists. The media coverage of this story is telling. Israel is immediately connected with Judaism and Zionism, yet there seems to be a reluctance to draw the obvious connection of Hamas and Islam. There is an even greater reluctance to recognize that Islam is an inherent enemy to Western culture.
This podcast discusses several aspects of this broadening struggle. Listeners who wish to read the articles in their original format may use the following links...
2024-01-3130 min
The Return to Order MomentNo Matter What So-Called Conservatives Say, The Pro-Life Movement Must ContinueAs this podcast goes live, the final preparations are being made for the March for Life in Washington, D.C. on January 19, 2024.
The date for the annual event was first chosen to coincide with the anniversary of the disastrous Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. When that decision was overturned, many hoped that the pro-abortion – often inappropriately referred to as “pro-choice” – movement would dry up and blow away.
However, that has not happened. In fact, the pro-aborts appear even stronger today than they did in the bad-old-days of Roe. Many so-called conservatives are saying things out loud that they once kept under wr...
2024-01-1027 min
The Return to Order MomentAmerica Needs To Sort Through The Disastrous Foreign Policy Decisions Inspired By Henry KissingerUsually, Americans tend to ignore foreign policy. It is messy and tricky and difficult to understand. However, the death of Henry Kissinger last month recalled one of the few periods that foreign policy was on the newspapers’ front pages.
For those born since the disastrous Vietnam War, if may be difficult to understand why Dr. Kissinger was so famous. His short stature, homely face, and thick German accent would seem to inspire ridicule rather than respect.
However, those who lived through that time wanted to see an end to the war. They also wanted reassurance that World War III would ne...
2023-12-2734 min
The Return to Order MomentThe Church Must Not Follow Pope Francis’s Left Turn Into The FutureAs Pope Francis ages, he appears to become more consistent. Normally, that would be a good thing. However, the trend seems to be that the aging pontiff is consistently wrong on every new issue. He appears to be so enamored of radical leftism, that he seems willing to take the Church down every radical road. Today’s podcast will look at three areas in which that tendency manifests itself.
Listeners who wish to read the essays in their original format may use the following links - https://www.returntoorder.org/2023/11/pope-francis-the-war-and-the-holy-places/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2023/10/why-pope-franciss-eco-friendly-apostolic-exhortation-rings-unconvincingly-for-the-faithful/, and https://www.returntoorder.or...
2023-12-0631 min
The Return to Order MomentFinding Beauty In The World That God Has Given To UsSociety conditions us to see ugliness. The television news business thrives on it. Advertising tries to make us pay attention by shocking us. Movies and novels are deemed boring unless there is something in it that is incredibly ugly, like murder or adultery. Even many fashion trends make the people who adopt them appear ugly.
Why did we stop seeking out things that are beautiful? Perhaps it was when society stopped seeking after God. After all, if God is all beauty, then using our wills to embrace ugliness has to be a rejection of God – and an embrace of evil.
Ea...
2023-11-0134 min
The Return to Order MomentAre Activists Turning America’s Schools Into Communist Training Camps?Josef Stalin once said, “Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.”
Our listeners can be sure that Communists, whether they be in China, Cuba, Moscow or anywhere else have not ignored Stalin’s ideas. Throughout the world, they have diligently worked to take over education.
Unlike many other Marxist and Communist doctrines, this one makes sense. In the United States, and much of the world, education is the most socialized segment of society – the area of greatest government control. Even private schools in the United States are staffed...
2023-10-2534 min
The Return to Order MomentHow Many Catholics Will Be Excluded From The Supposedly Inclusive Synod On SynodalityPope Francis has convoked a “Synod on Synodality,” which is meeting as this podcast premiers. Many faithful Catholics have expressed concern over the synod, as its promoters have proposed severe and potentially destructive changes to the Church’s structure.
Synod leaders have repeatedly expressed their desire to discuss “inclusion.” The following article, taken from the recently published book “The Synodal Process Is a Pandora’s Box,” by José Antonio Ureta and Julio Loredo explains what the word “inclusion” means for the Synod’s promoters.
The other essays included in this podcast describe the one group that is excluded from the Synod proceedings and t...
2023-10-1133 min
The Return to Order MomentBeware The Return Of The Covid - Obsessed Liberals.Most people look upon the pandemic years of Two thousand Twenty and Two Thousand Twenty-One as disasters. The idea of returning to those times sends shudders down any sensible spine.
However, there are those who see the Covid scare as the “good old days.” They look back nostalgically on a time when people took the words and commands of government officials seriously. Their technocratic souls thrilled to the sound of Anthony Fauci’s voice. Their socialist sensibilities had no trouble standing in long lines in which the people in front and behind them were six feet away. They enjoyed carrying vaccin...
2023-09-2728 min
The Return to Order MomentWe Cannot Save Ourselves By Saving The PlanetThe ecological movement, at least as we know it today, is a tool of leftist revolutionaries. That is unfortunate because preserving the gifts that God gave us – including the natural world – is truly important.
However, the biggest promoters of today’s environmental movement are not interested in conserving God’s gifts. In fact, the majority are atheists. They manipulate the movement to gain power. They present gruesome pictures of polluted air, water, and land scarred by the wreckage of industry. They twist these images them to inspire others to repeat phrases like, “Someone ought to do something.” Then they spring their plan.
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2023-09-1338 min
The Return to Order MomentThe Overheated World Of Wokeness Threatens To Burn Itself OutOften, a light bulb that is about to expire gives a very brief moment of bright light before the darkness comes. Such an occasion may be an appropriate analogy for the woke movement. On one level, wokeness has never appeared stronger. On the other, there are signs that it is losing its potency to dictate the policies of the future.
Listeners who wise to read the essays in their original format may use the following links - https://www.returntoorder.org/2023/07/is-d-e-i-going-to-d-i-e/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2023/08/where-are-wokeism-and-cancel-culture-taking-us/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2023/07/a-period-correct-mass-at-the-160th-anniversary-of-the-battle-of-gettysburg-attracts-a-full-tent/.
Thank you for listening.
2023-08-2322 min
The Return to Order MomentHollywood’s Demise Became Certain When It Turned Its Back On American Morality And ValuesYears ago, Hollywood was often called “tinsel town.” This refereed to its ability to make something that was artificial appear real. They make their money selling illusions.
One of Hollywood’s favorite phrases is “push the envelope.” In other words, the goal is to produce something that is even more shocking than that which came before.
However, Hollywood has pushed the envelope as far as possible before it rips, losing the support of its audience.
That is the main point of today's episode of the Return to Order Moment.
Listeners who wish to read the essays in their original format may use th...
2023-08-1633 min
The Return to Order MomentLeftists Deliberately Misrepresent Their Opponents' PositionsUntil recent years, the ability to understand and explain the arguments of an opponent was vital to participation in the public debate. Without such an understanding, an advocate for a position said ridiculous things that prevented them from being taken seriously.
Those who promote the positions collectively called woke are proud of their inability to understand their opponents’ arguments. To them, this inability is a sign of their ideological purity.
This is a dangerous position. Science exists to help humanity to discover the truths of God's natural world. Subverting the process to suit a political or ideological agenda takes us fu...
2023-08-0932 min
The Return to Order MomentCould Uninspired Brutalist Architecture Be One Reason That We Have An Uninspired And Brutal SocietyOf all of the unfortunate aspects of modern life, the style of architecture known as brutalism is, perhaps, the least humane.
This podcast defines and examines this horrible trend - one that may be returning. It pays special attention to the soul-destroying nature of brutalism.
Listeners who wish to read the essays in their original format may use the following links: https://www.returntoorder.org/2022/12/regimenting-the-body-and-destroying-the-soul-the-ugly-legacy-of-brutalism/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2023/05/impressions-of-a-soulless-new-airport/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/03/how-the-revival-of-catholic-architecture-in-england-changed-the-way-people-prayed/.
Thank you for listening.
2023-08-0234 min
The Return to Order MomentTrue Men Are Neither Macho Nor WimpsThis episode of the Return to Order Moment looks at a modern-day controversy that should be no controversy at all. For centuries, Western Culture accepted masculinity and feminity without question. Such is the nature of humanity that most other cultures accepted it as well.
However, the leftist “deconstruction” of society has proceeded so far that it questions the basic building blocks of civilization. We have reached the time that we all must call “Halt!” before going any farther down the road to ruin.
Listeners who wish to read the essays in their original formats may use the following links: https://www.retu...
2023-07-2634 min
The Return to Order MomentAll Christians Must Fight Anti - Catholicism In The Modern WorldDespite several clear warnings against Homosexual sin in the Bible, many groups that call themselves religious race to conform to the demands of the LGBT movement. The Catholic Church has resisted. This resistance has earned Catholics the enmity of these so-called activists.
These social revolutionaries control most of the media. This combination has sparked a new and very overt form of anti-Catholicism.
Two of the three essays in this week's episode concern the recent decision of the Los Angeles Dodgers Baseball Team to make a "Citizen Hero Award" to the blasphemous anti-Catholic group, "The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence."
The last...
2023-07-1940 min
The Return to Order MomentProtecting Our Children’s Innocence Requires Us to Oppose Leftist IdeologuesDespite their protests to the contrary, there can be little doubt that leftists are targeting America’s children. The evidence is all around us, and the list of offenses against childhood innocence is too long to list here.
This episode of the Return to Order Moment focuses on the ways that Christian parents, grandparents, and others should react to the left’s outrageous behavior.
Listeners who wish to read the essays in their original format may use the following links - https://www.returntoorder.org/2023/05/defending-childhood-innocence-is-a-parents-duty/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2023/05/how-neo-paganism-enters-our-culture-with-the-idea-of-child-sacrifice/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2023/06/how-libraries-came-to-be-sanctuaries-for-sin/
2023-07-0530 min
The Return to Order MomentDoes Our “Responsive” Government Actually Care About Anything Other Than Accumulating PowerListen to the political dialogue that passes for news, and you will soon hear someone call for “responsive government.” The idea behind the well-worn phrase is simple. One of the virtues of republican government is its ability to respond to the needs and desires of the people who are, presumably, the source of its authority.
Unfortunately, in the modern age, government is inclined to resist the people’s will. The overall pattern is for the politicians to leave real problems unsolved, because that posture helps them continue in their lofty positions.
This podcast will deal with three manifestations of that tenden...
2023-06-2931 min
The Return to Order MomentCan China Replace The United States As The World Leader?China is a favorite topic of journalists, broadcasters, and pundits. Usually, the conversation revolves around the topic of growing Chinese power. Inevitably, that subject develops into a discussion China’s threat to the rest of the world.
Many of those discussions center around the personality of China’s current leader, Xi Jinping. Xi makes no secret of his ambitions. At the same time, he is very careful to keep his plans to achieve those ambitions secret.
This episode of the Return to Order Moment focuses on the effects of Xi’s ambitions on the United States.
Listeners who wish to read t...
2023-06-2130 min
The Return to Order MomentSetting The Medieval Record StraightFor centuries, academics taught that the terms “medieval” and “dark ages” could be used interchangeably. One meant the other and vice versa. According to these scholars, the world of the Roman Empire was marvelous. As the Empire fell, the superstitions of the Catholic Church prevailed. Only with the Renaissance did the lights of scholarship shine once again.
This version of history was never true, but it did fit into the humanist mindset. It allows them to pretend that their heroes – the thinkers of the Renaissance and the so-called Enlightenment – brought humanity back from a wretched existence as virtual slaves living in mud huts...
2023-06-1425 min
The Return to Order MomentThe Leftists' PlotEvery day, the modern-day left works to insinuate their ways into all of our lives. That statement sounds alarmist, but we at the Return to Order Moment are ready to back that statement up with specific information. That is the goal of today’s podcast.
We see it all around us - abortion, pornography, Satanism, transgender tyranny, euthanasia, and hundreds of other ways.
Listeners who wish to read the essays in their original formats may use the following links - https://www.returntoorder.org/2023/03/why-leftists-promote-porn-to-children-in-americas-woke-libraries/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2023/04/making-a-deal-with-the-devil-how-a-virginia-school-board-allowed-a-satan-club-in-school/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2023/03/president-bidens-false-compassion-forces-reluctant-states-to-fly-the-transgender-banner/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2023/04/is...
2023-05-2436 min
The Return to Order MomentThe Mind of Vladimir Putin is a Dangerous Place to Dwell, Whether You are Russian or American.For many Americans, the mention of Vladimir Putin brings one of three images to mind. First, there is the voice of George Bush the younger saying, “I looked the man in the eye. I was able to get a sense of his soul.” The second is then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offering Putin a cheap plastic “Reset Button.” The third is then-President Obama telling Putin’s associate Dmitri Medvedev that “This is my last election ... After my election I have more flexibility.”
In all of these cases, you have an American leader trying to convince themselves that they can trust and work with...
2023-04-2641 min
The Return to Order MomentThe Nature Of Leadership – Distinguishing Between True Elites And The CounterfeitsModern Americans have a complicated relationship with the idea of leadership. We understand instinctively what good leadership is, but that understanding conflicts with our mistaken ideas about equality. At the same time, we enjoy pointing to the mistakes of those in leadership over us – whether that person be a shift supervisor in a convenience store or the President of the United States.
So, we know that we need leaders, yet we resent them at the same time. Part of the problem is that so many people in leadership positions are not true leaders.
This podcast compares true leadership with the fa...
2023-04-1930 min
The Return to Order MomentWhy Is The Left Making War On The English Language?A War against the English Language has been going on for years.
The Merriam-Webster dictionary says that the word “doublespeak” was first used in 1952 and defines it as “language used to deceive, usually through concealment or misrepresentation of the truth.”
The founder of the International TFP Movement, Professor Plinio Correa de Olivera, used the word “talismanic” to describe words that deceived because their meaning subtly changed over time. An example is the word “dialog,” which once meant a simple conversation between two people. Now, it often refers to a largely imaginary debate between those on two sides of an issue.
In many American...
2023-03-0830 min
The Return to Order MomentThe Transgender Revolution Destroys Everything – and Everyone – that it TouchesThe Sexual Revolution began with contraception. Then, it spread as revealing clothing became popular. Later, many people began to accept the idea that men and women could live together without being married. That acceptance added fuel to the idea that procured abortions should be legalized. Then, the idea that homosexuals should be able to express their preferences openly became popular. From there, it was a small step toward so-called homosexual marriage.
A single question promoted each of these disastrous steps. “Why should I care about the private decisions of other people?”
At each step, a brave few answered that question. “It des...
2023-03-0129 min
The Return to Order MomentCries of Anguish Break Out as Leftist Lunacy Rapidly Replaces So-Called Classical LiberalismThe set of ideas known as Classical Liberalism took shape between about 1650 and 1800. French, English, and Italian philosophers tried to create a moral system that they saw as natural – as opposed to supernatural. It was a system that rejected God and the Church.
For the next three hundred years, that system gained popularity. By the sixties and seventies, it had mutated into cries of freedom, liberation, and “do your own thing.”
Now, another philosophical system is replacing Classical Liberalism. Its proponents refer to it as “post-modernism.” The currently popular name for it is “woke.”
This podcast will discuss the process and implicatio...
2023-02-1537 min
The Return to Order MomentUnderstanding the Current World Crisis, Its Causes, and Ways that You Can Help Solve It.MixdownWatch the cable news channels or the television networks’ daily reports and you will often hear the word crisis. Every world event, it seems, is a crisis. A word that once referred to the very worst situations is now used to describe anything unfortunate. As listeners may remember, during the Covid lockdowns, the chance that someone might sneeze in a public place became a crisis.
What the news hawks don’t tell you is that there is only one crisis. It is the result of humanity’s revolution against God.
In this podcast, Mr. John Horvat explains the true nature of the...
2023-02-0127 min
The Return to Order MomentThe Middle Ages Weren’t As Dark As Liberal Historians Want You To ThinkHistorical truth is difficult to determine. There are only two ways to discover what happened in the past. We can either read what they wrote or look at objects that they left behind. Everything else is opinion.
The people of the Middle Ages left behind many writings and objects. They left their books and copies of those from the ancient world. They left magnificent buildings, especially cathedrals. They left paintings and many objects that they used in everyday life.
However, the writers of the first books ABOUT the Middle Ages saw that period as backward. Most writers and artists of...
2022-11-1630 min
The Return to Order MomentAmerica’s Schools Belong to Parents and Local Communities, Not Smug BureaucratsAround the nation, people of all political persuasions are preparing for the mid-term elections. The media focus on the House of Representatives, Senate, and State Governors. However, some of the most important elections are those choosing members of America’s school boards.
Typically, school board elections are seen as routine and unimportant. However, over the past months, many leaders – and would-be leaders – see them as places where America’s future will be hammered out.
In this podcast, Mr. Edwin Benson takes a long look at one of those elections and the harmful role that technocrats play in American education. He conclude...
2022-10-2626 min
The Return to Order MomentDrag Queen Story Hours Are Only One Aspect Of The Left’s Plot To Corrupt SocietyWithout question, there are Satanic attacks upon our children. Anyone who doubts this statement need look no further than the presence of “Drag Queen Story Hours” in America’s libraries.
Return to Order first heard about these diabolical events in the spring of Two Thousand Nineteen. We instantly began to fight against them.
These essays detail the actions that the TFP has taken and the motivations behind them.
To read the essays in their original formats, please use the following links - https://www.returntoorder.org/2019/03/how-drag-queen-shows-destroy-childrens-innocence/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2022/05/how-one-drag-storybook-hour-protest-changed-mclean-virginia/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2022/09/left-wing-media-desperate-to-portray-opposition-to-drag-queen-story-hour-as-abnormal/.
Thank you for li...
2022-10-1929 min
The Return to Order MomentThe Left’s New War On The Constitution Threatens The NationMany people are surprised to hear that the Constitution of the United States is the second oldest written constitution in the world – and that the oldest is that of the State of Massachusetts.
Others are astonished to find that the most often cited part of the Constitution – the Bill of Rights – was not included in the original document. These first ten Amendments were added two years after the Constitution took effect in 1789.
Another aspect of the Constitution is that it does not say that the Supreme Court decides what laws and acts are Constitutional. The Court assumed that power in 1803. Howeve...
2022-10-0541 min
The Return to Order MomentIndulging Liberal Dreams Creates Real Life NightmaresHave you ever discussed the failures of Socialism with a Socialist? It is a frustrating process. No matter what evidence you bring proving that Socialism creates hardship and poverty, the Socialist always says that your example doesn’t describe “real” Socialism. If someone could just do Socialism in the right way, they explain, then it would work.
These Socialists exist in all aspects of life. This episode of the Return to Order Moment looks at their failures in both the religious and economic spheres.
To read these essays in their original formats, please use the following links: https://www.tfp.org/li...
2022-09-2832 min
The Return to Order MomentModernist Revolutionaries Resist Recent Setbacks With Waves Of Panic And NonsenseEver since the early sixties, the left has largely had its own way when it comes to public policy. The ball got rolling with the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren. It accelerated with Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society. The Sexual Revolution and the anti-Vietnam War protests took these issues to the streets.
The Reagan Administration stalled this so-called progress but did little to roll it back. During the presidencies of Bill Clinton and the elder and younger George Bushes, the liberals scored minor victories but were really just treading water.
Then the dam broke as Barack Obama took a...
2022-09-0731 min
The Return to Order MomentThe American Family Must Be Restored Before Its Society Can Be RevivedThe late Andrew Breitbart once said, “Politics is downstream from culture.” In other words, fixing the culture will fix the politics.
Today’s episode is going to focus on the building block of culture, the family. The place of the family must be restored, or else society is doomed.
That truth can be seen in three aspects of America's society - the epidemic of fatherless children, the number of "easy" divorces, and the malfunctioning foster care bureaucracy.
Listeners who wish to read the articles in their original format are encouraged to use these links: https://www.returntoorder.org/2022/06/a-fathers-day-reflection-bring-back-the-father-and-the-shooting-will-stop/, https://www.re...
2022-08-3130 min
The Return to Order MomentWe Can All Fight to Keep Christianity in American CultureOver the centuries many great saints have fought for the church. Some, like Saint Paul, spent years on missionary voyages to plant Christianity in new lands. Others, like Saints Bernadette and Therese, the little flower, spent their adult lives secluded in convents.
It is good to reflect on the lives of the saints and to choose one or two for special devotion. However, focusing on the Saints can also become a kind of trap. Their virtues are so great that we can despair of ever reaching their level.
It is vitally important for all Christians to reflect on the fact...
2022-08-1729 min
The Return to Order MomentWhy Do So Many Modern People Dress as Though They Are About to Change the Oil in Their Car?Modern American culture is falsely egalitarian. Once men wore suits to baseball games. Now everyone dresses as if they were about to go on a tramp through the woods.
There are many situations in which work clothes are appropriate. No one wears a tuxedo to do heavy yard work. That is reasonable. People in many trades need clothing that is as tough as the work that those people do. However, when one enters a fine restaurant, many of the patrons are dressed in the same overly casual way.
How did such a state come to be? Why are so many...
2022-07-2726 min
The Return to Order MomentAs Liberalism Crashes, Where Should We Look For Solutions?From one perspective, it may appear that liberalism has never been stronger. The woke world can, indeed, be described as liberalism on steroids. Ultra-liberals rule America’s schools, news media, entertainment, and almost every other cultural institution. Their influence appears to be as solid as the Rock of Gibraltar.
However, just as Gibraltar is riddled with small caves, leftist domination looks far stronger than it is. In fact, the ultra-liberals seem to save their most vengeful attacks for liberals who aren’t sufficiently radical.
Indeed, there is good reason to believe that the whole liberal order, built up over centuries, is c...
2022-06-1528 min
The Return to Order MomentRebuilding Notre Dame Of Paris – Timeless Beauty Versus Tasteless ModernismNotre Dame of Paris is more than a historic site. It is more than a grand cathedral. It is more than an expression of a great culture. Indeed, Notre Dame of Paris is a symbol of Christian culture itself.
Since the catastrophic Two Thousand Nineteen fire, the process of rebuilding Notre Dame is becoming a focus of a massive dispute. On one side are those who want to see the great Cathedral restored to its pre-fire appearance. On the other are those who want to seize the opportunity to bring Notre Dame into line with the controversial “Spirit of Vatican II...
2022-03-1626 min
The Return to Order MomentWhy Do So Many Modernist Catholics Dismiss The Blessed MotherHistorically, Protestants have dismissed The Blessed Virgin Mary and sought to remove her from her rightful role in the story of Mankind’s salvation. Against this backdrop, Catholics have always been Our Lady’s defenders. After all, it was she who brought Our Lord into this world.
Unfortunately, many Catholic leaders, even those in the highest reaches of the Church now seek to diminish Our Lady's vital role. They are the subject of this episode of The Return to Order Moment.
Certainly, God could have chosen another way to redeem us, but He, in His infinite wisdom, decided that the BEST...
2022-01-1231 min
The Return to Order MomentFighting Critical Race Theory Without Stumbling Into Even Greater ErrorsCritical Race Theory has been called “an idea that is so absurd that only an intellectual could believe it.”
Indeed, many intellectuals and pseudo-intellectuals do believe it – and many of them are helping to inflict Critical Race Theory on America’s children.
Critical Race Theory is part of the so-called woke movement. Wokeness, in turn, is a component of the so-called Social Justice narrative that afflicts modern America.
Why do so many people listen to the siren song of Social Justice?
What can be done to preserve the remnants of American Christian society?
To read the essays in their original format...
2021-12-1530 minThe Return to Order MomentCan President Biden Be A True Catholic When His Actions Betray The FaithPresident Biden is the epitome of a breed that is sometimes called the “cafeteria Catholic.” He claims belief and frequently attends Holy Mass. Yet at the same time, his actions and political positions fly in the face of Catholic teaching. That is most apparent in his promotion of procured abortion, but it does not stop there.
President Biden’s vision is thoroughly modernist. It is in line with the so-called “spirit of Vatican II.” At the same time, it has little in common with the faith of his working-class forbearers – of whom he claims to be so proud.
This contradiction is apparent...
2021-12-0833 minThe Return to Order MomentThe Christians’ Allies In The Battle Against Satan And His DemonsThere is nothing more basic than the fight between good and evil. Everything else in life hinges on the monumental struggle between God and Satan. Indeed, most people define their lives based on which side they embrace.
Until recently, Satan’s favorite tactic was to convince people that he did not exist. This turned on the idea that Satan does not need for people to swear allegiance to him. He only needs to prevent people from following God.
However, in the past few years, Satan has made himself far more prominent.
This podcast looks at three weapons that Christians have at...
2021-12-0129 minThe Return to Order MomentThe Left’s “Scorched Earth Policy” In The War On Western Christian CultureThe Leftists’ War on Culture continues unabated, even while the leftists themselves deny that it is happening. All around us, we see the wreckage of cultural institutions that were once thought to be unassailable. At the same time, the left tries to convince us that everything is fine – in fact, they tell us that it is getting better by the minute!
In this podcast, we focus on three aspects of the peculiar world of the "woke." The first essay looks at the implications of the 2021 Virginia elections, and especially the role that social issues played in it. Then, we turn to t...
2021-11-2431 minThe Return to Order MomentThe Woke Want to Turn Our Society into a Cultural WastelandUntil recently, the word woke was a past tense verb – as in the sentence, “He woke at dawn.” Now it is a noun, and a very destructive noun at that. The word is a kind of shorthand term that describes both leftists and the Marxist society into which they want to plunge us.
As with most leftist ideas, “Wokeness” germinated for a long time before emerging into the light. It sat in the compost heap of modern academia and grew deep roots. Then, it matured and sent its shoots out into the wider culture.
Today, the Return to Order Moment examines t...
2021-11-1029 minThe Return to Order MomentAmerica Is At The Crossroads – Can We Choose The Right PathAll of the world’s societies draw near a crossroad. A time of decision approaches. Will we continue down the absurd and selfish path that society has taken for the past several centuries? Or will we take a careful look at the signs, and select a new path?
These questions are too large to be answered in a half-hour podcast. All we can do here is to raise the question and suggest a course of action.
That is our purpose. There are real answers and even some signs that a guarded optimism is in order.
To read the essays in th...
2021-11-0327 minThe Return to Order MomentCalls to Action - Rising to the Challenges that All Americans FaceCurrently, the Congress of the United States looks like a hive of bees that have lost the ability to make honey. They know something is wrong, but they lack the intellect and imagination to do anything about it.
These sentiments are reflected in many everyday Americans. Ever since the Great Depression, the government has stepped in to solve – or appear to solve – our problems. We allowed them to quietly and gradually gain power. We were happy to let elected officials and bureaucrats do the heavy lifting.
Inflation, Covid, rising crime rates and Afghanistan are all signs that government is failing. It i...
2021-09-2929 minThe Return to Order MomentThe Biden Prescription – Disaster Abroad And Revolution At HomeDuring the Campaign of Two Thousand Twenty, Joseph Robinette Biden, Junior presented himself as the grown-up in the room. He held out the promise that he would restore order after the so-called chaos of the Trump Administration. His knowledge, seasoned by over four decades on the national stage, would guide us out of the twin disasters of Covid and the urban violence that dominated news during the summer of Two Thousand Twenty.
Now that he is President, a very different picture emerges. He has allied himself with the most extreme left wing of his party. At the same time, he...
2021-09-1727 minThe Return to Order MomentThe Globalists’ Doomed Attempt to Replace GodSince World War II, humanity has deceived itself by believing that a single global government could bring peace and harmony.
The appeal of globalism is as understandable as it is unworkable. The globalist’s error begins with pride. They believe that humans perfect themselves and create a God-less “brotherhood of man.” If all people decide to set aside their selfish vices, we can all live in harmony.
That is not reality. The new global man does not lose his vices. In fact, he adds the vice of materialism.
What global man does lose is himself. His individuality is swallowed up in a w...
2021-09-0123 minThe Return to Order MomentDestroying Critical Race Theory – The Time is NowEducational theories seldom make it into national news. Critical Race Theory (CRT) is an exception. As many states and localities base curriculum on it, parents openly reject it. Other states are trying to banish any traces of its Marxist influence.
Much coverage of CRT is pessimistic, and with good reason. Informing the American public about its harms is critical.
However, the situation is not lost. The CRT controversy exposes the left’s true motives – which they desperately want to conceal.
Our task is to expose the leftist lies.
To read the essays in this podcast. please refer to https://www.retu...
2021-08-0433 minThe Return to Order MomentSocialist Sabotage – Simultaneously Professing and Subverting American Values“The Big Lie” has long been a key weapon in the Socialist’s arsenal. Publically, they repeatedly profess their support for American values like human rights, freedom of speech, and responsible use of natural resources. At the same time, they promote policies that endanger people, cancel those whose opinions they oppose, and erode our energy infrastructure.
This episode of the Return to Order Moment will examine these leftist lies, and the hypocritical words behind them.
To read the articles, please refer to https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/06/democrats-dont-say-we-want-socialism-or-to-defund-the-policeeven-when-we-do/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/06/an-identity-crisis-at-the-aclu-leads-it-to-discard-the-first-amendment/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/06/how-the-greens-are-taking-down-big-energy-from-within/.
2021-07-1426 minThe Return to Order MomentThe Insane Illusions of the Woke WorldWhat do you see when you watch the television news footage of the ‘mostly peaceful’ demonstrations that have taken place over the last year?
Like most people, you probably notice the fires first.
However, the next time that you see some of this film, look at the mostly young people doing the protesting. These are haunted faces – hostages of anger and rage.
If you asked them why they are so angry, they would probably say something about racism and oppression. But, yet, the vast majority of those protesters are White. Their clothing is that of the middle class. That means that...
2021-06-3024 minThe Return to Order MomentThe Insane Illusions of the Woke WorldThis episode of the Return to Order Moment examines the bizarre world of “wokeness.”
What do you see when you watch the television news footage of the Quote – Unquote ‘mostly peaceful’ demonstrations that have taken place over the last year?
Like most people, you probably notice the fires first. However, the next time that you see some of this film, look at the mostly young people doing the protesting.
These are haunted faces – hostages of anger and rage. If you asked them why they are so angry, they would probably say something about racism and oppression. But, yet, the vast majority of...
2021-06-3021 minThe Return to Order MomentHis-story: A Sign of the Great Love That God Shows to All.Modern Americans often treat History as a kind of Trivial Pursuit game, only played by those who enjoy such esoteric pursuits. In reality, History is far more important. In the best sense, it is the story of God’s providence for humanity, the capstone of His creation, as described in the book of Genesis. Indeed, much of Holy Scripture consists of books of History.
In today's podcast, Mr. John Horvat explores this providential idea of history and compares it to the political situation in the early twenty-first century.
Then, Mr. Edwin Benson discusses the secularist urgency to replace God and ev...
2021-06-1630 minThe Return to Order MomentThe Radicals’ Education Plan – Racism, Paganism, and Home InvasionAmerica’s public school system was created in the 1830s. The goal was to produce good citizens. Private and parochial schools were established with many of the same goals. The idea was simple – if this was going to be a government of the people, by the people and for the people – then the people need to be educated.
Education is supposed to equip students with basic skills and teach them how to grapple with problems. The goal was that all children would grow up to be able to support themselves and fulfill their duties as citizens of their states and nation...
2021-05-1931 minThe Return to Order MomentDefending the Church is the Duty of Every ChristianThere is one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic Church. However, it is divided into three parts. The Church Triumphant consists of those members who have been received into God’s Presence in Heaven. The Church Expectant are those undergoing purification in Purgatory. The last part of the Church is us – the believers on Earth.
The term for the Church on Earth is strange to modern ears. It is the Church Militant. As the name implies, our primary task is to fight against Satan and his deceptions.
Our Holy Catholic Church needs the Church Militant to defend her. She is being attacked from...
2021-04-1429 minThe Return to Order MomentGod’s Architecture Feeds The Soul – The Glory Of The GothicIf you asked anybody during the Medieval Period about Gothic architecture, they would not know what you were talking about. The word Gothic developed later, and it was not intended to be a compliment.
For centuries, it was common for academics to look upon anything Medieval with disdain. This attitude prevailed despite the fact that Europe was filled with monumental cathedrals and numberless village churches – all beautiful in their various ways. In a very real sense, the rejection of Medieval architecture was a way of rejecting God.
This podcast discusses the value of Gothic Architecture and its role in Christian li...
2021-04-0727 minThe Return to Order MomentResisting the “Woke” Ideologies that Threaten Our Church and CultureThose who try to thrust modernist philosophies, often called “Woke,” present their ideas as inevitable. They proclaim, “We are on the right side of history!” All too often, more traditional Americans, who fear confrontation, yield to the progressives’ shrill demands. That is unfortunate, because most of the leftists’ favorite ideas are logically weak. When courageous citizens arm themselves with facts, the woke ideology can be defeated.
Today’s episode of The Return to Order Moment is devoted to sharing those facts, and how they can be used.
To read the essays, go to https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/03/a-fearsome-tool-for-those-fighting-the-1619-project/, https://www.returntoor...
2021-03-2435 minThe Return to Order MomentThe United Nations – The Left’s Tool to Stamp Out ChristianityThis episode of the Return to Order Moment will look critically at the United Nations, the focus of the modern globalist movement. The United Nations was created as an attempt to impose a Godless "peace" upon the peoples of the world. It has failed, as all attempts to manufacture "virtue" without God's Grace must fail. However, that failure has not prevented the United Nations from promoting radical changes in family life - including, contraception, abortion, and the redefinition of the family, as demanded by LGBTQ+ activists. To read the articles see: https://www.returntoorder.org/2018/11/woodrow-wilson-or-the-virgin-mary-who-was-right-about-peace/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/02...
2021-03-1726 minThe Return to Order MomentThe False and Revolutionary Promise of Total EqualityWe live in a society that presents equality as a virtue – indeed many espouse equality as the primary virtue before which all others must bow. People who refuse to see evil in any other aspect of life argue that any inequality, no matter how well-intentioned, is inherently evil. This is an error. This episode of the Return to Order Moment deals with the nature of that error. First, we will look at it in a general sense. To read the essays, go to https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/03/we-want-god-not-the-equality-act/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2017/02/treating-everyone-equally-problem/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/03/why-are-catholic-theologians-trying-to-free-an-elephant/.
2021-03-1025 minThe Return to Order MomentWhy Do People Who Hate the Church Become Catholic_Conversion to the Catholic Church has always been mysterious, in the best sense of that word. The ninth chapter of Acts of the Apostles describes the conversion of the Apostle Paul. He persecuted Christians until his he saw the risen Christ on the Road to Damascus. Since that time, many converts to Catholicism are those who start out hating the Church. Their conversion occurs because those individuals responded to God’s Grace. Today, the Return to Order Podcast humbly attempts to simulate this process. We begin with an essay that describes reasons that many hate the Catholic Church. Then, we wi...
2021-03-0328 minThe Return to Order MomentSatanism and Modern American CultureFor generations, Americans who considered themselves modern rejected the idea that Satan exists. The idea that each person is – as the old poem puts it – “the captain of my fate and the master of my soul” has no space for God, angels, or demons. Any belief in the supernatural was seen as a sign of weakness. This episode places this phenomenon into the context of our current social unrest. To read the essays which make up this podcast, please go to https://www.returntoorder.org/2019/06/why-satanism-is-now-center-stage-in-the-culture-war/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/02/satanic-temple-mocks-god-by-promoting-abortion/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/11/satanic-bias-closed-churches-and-open-strip-clubs/.
2021-02-2428 minThe Return to Order MomentThe Terror that Critical Race Theory Brings to America’s SchoolsUntil recently, those who wanted to inject radical ideas into America’s schools did it quietly. Now, the radicals believe that they have enough power to do their dirty work openly. One sign of this attitude change is The 1619 Project, published by the New York Times. At the core of the 1619 Project is a set of ideas known as “Critical Race Theory.” The Project and the Theory are the topic of this episode of the Return to Order Moment. Read the essays: https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/12/the-racist-and-dangerous-1619-project-is-vulnerable-and-in-trouble/, https://www.tfp.org/six-reasons-why-catholics-must-oppose-critical-race-theory/?PKG=TFP210203&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email...
2021-02-1732 minThe Return to Order MomentThe Pro-Life Movement in Two Thousand Twenty-one – The Necessity of Trust in GodThe Pro-Life Movement in the United States is something of a miracle in and of itself. Forty-eight years after Roe v. Wade,the Pro-Life movement is not only not dying out, it is growing. However, 2021 represents many new challenges for the Pro-Life movement. To read the articles, go to https://www.tfp.org/for-pope-francis-abortion-is-not-a-primarily-religious-matter/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/01/remembering-joe-scheidler-the-pro-life-warrior-who-became-a-legend/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/01/as-our-national-consensus-crumbles-hope-in-fatima-and-a-return-to-god/.
2021-01-2726 minThe Return to Order MomentPutting the Capitol Riots in the Context of the Continuing Revolutionhttps://www.returntoorder.org/2021/01/four-lessons-about-the-left-from-the-violence-at-the-capitol/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/09/why-is-america-unraveling/.
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The Return to Order MomentPutting the Capitol Riots in the Context of the Continuing RevolutionOn January 6, Two Thousand Twenty-one, thousands gathered in Washington DC to protest the certification of Joseph Biden’s election to the presidency. A far smaller group, estimated at one hundred to one hundred twenty-five broke off from the main body and illegally entered and vandalized the Capitol building. The Return to Order moment attempts to begin the process of putting January 6 in context. We begin by focusing on one curious aspect of that event. Then we look at the leftists’ reactions to the event. Finally, we place the event in the context of the unravelling of American Culture over the last...
2021-01-2023 minThe Return to Order MomentIs Pope Francis the Leader of Those Who Want to Destroy Capitalism – Or Their Pawn_It often appears that Pope Francis’s Vatican is trying to abolish free markets. Since the beginning of his pontificate, Francis has used biblical language about helping one’s neighbor and caring for the poor. However, he wrenches those phrases out of their proper contexts, as determined by Church teaching - developed over centuries. Like many modern-day leftists, Pope Francis is not primarily interested in improving people’s lives, but in making them equally miserable. Read the Articles - The “Economy of Francis” Pushes Poverty and Pulverizes Achievement - (returntoorder.org), Are the Vatican and Business Leaders Working to Improve or Destroy...
2021-01-0624 minThe Return to Order MomentSpiritual Preparation for the Challenges of 2021Our social fabric sustained much damage during Two Thousand Twenty. Leftists successfully used the Covid crisis to take control over many aspects of our lives that would have been impossible under normal circumstances. The political process grew even more polarized than it was previously. Antifa and BLM dominated the national conversation, spreading a new racism under an “anti-racist” banner. The education system all but closed down. The Return to Order Moment is not going to make specific predictions about 2021. We can, however, look to the years ahead and make solid suggestions for whatever does come. Read the Articles - https://www...
2020-12-3025 minThe Return to Order MomentCan Covid Help Us Restore the True Meaning of the Holiday Season_The Covid virus has seriously affected – and sometimes eliminated – many familiar holiday customs. This episode of the Return to Order Moment is offering three reflections on the holidays, all by Mr. John Horvat. He considers Thanksgiving, Advent, and Christmas in light of the virus. Read the articles - https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/11/five-powerful-reasons-to-appreciate-god-this-thanksgiving, https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/12/during-this-advent-may-grace-rain-on-a-sinful-world/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/11/how-the-virus-killed-santa-claus-but-not-christmas/.
2020-12-1619 minThe Return to Order MomentManifestations of Hate – The Leftists’ War on the FamilyAfter decades of intense effort to destroy society, the leftists are now telling us that it is time to come together. This episide considers three of the many ways that the left has tried to destroy the family. First, they promoted fatherlessness and then deny that it is a problem. Second, the feminist movement has demeaned the crucial role of intact families on future generations. Third, the left promotes pseudo-science in their attempts to cast confusion about the nature of man and women. Read the articles -https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/11/why-fatherlessness-is-the-core-of-family-and-societal-problems/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/11/why-feminists-feel-threatened-by-the-family/, and https://www.returntoorder...
2020-12-0232 minThe Return to Order MomentPope Francis’s Campaign Against Private Propertyhttps://www.returntoorder.org/2020/10/understanding-the-social-function-of-private-property/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/10/im-catholic-can-i-disagree-with-pope-francis-on-property/.
2020-11-1124 minThe Return to Order MomentIs The Supreme Court Really Supreme?There is a law that underpins all other law. It is called by many names, but here it is called Natrual Law. In this podcast, Mr. John Horvat explains what Natural Law is and the reason that no court has authority over it. Read the articles - https://www.tfp.org/why-do-supreme-court-nominees-and-justices-reject-natural-law/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2018/07/three-things-america-needs-from-the-new-supreme-court-justice/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/09/justice-comes-to-all-even-to-supreme-court-judges/.
2020-10-2124 minThe Return to Order MomentThe Rise of American ProgressivismSince the turn of the twentieth century, the government of the United States has gradually accrued ever increasing amounts of power over the lives of its citizens. This podcast describes the beginning of that process through the incredibly popular Theodore Roosevelt. It then considers the factors that contributed to a gradual decline in moral standards from 1910 to 1930, especially the rise of cities, the development of the motion picture industry and World War I. It concludes with a look at Franklin Roosevelt and his "New Deal." Read the Articles - https://www.returntoorder.org/2016/04/when-government-became-intemperate-an-historic-perspective-of-the-progressive-era/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2016/05/american-intemperance-in-the-twentieth-century-abandonment-of-traditional-morality-and-world-war-i/, and...
2020-10-1429 minThe Return to Order MomentNone Dare Call It EvilThe core issue in our current crisis is an ideal known as relativism. It holds that there is nothing that is true or false, good or evil, except within one’s mind. It often masquerades as a moral position, as in the phrase, “Who am I to judge?” Relativists are most reluctant to refer to anything as evil, because that word points in the direction of a morality to which they do not adhere. This episode of the Return to Order Moment looks at the riots taking place in America's cities, the Marxist roots of Antifa and BLM, and the 1619 Projec...
2020-10-0728 minThe Return to Order MomentThe Election of Two Thousand Twenty – A Choice Between Two World ViewsThe noise around the elections of Two Thousand Twenty is reaching a crescendo.In this episode of the Return to Order Moment, Mr. John Horvat II focuses on the election. First he examines it in a historical context. Then he looks at three specific instances. Each clarifies the direction in which the Unites States is heading. Read the articles - https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/08/how-these-elections-put-us-in-apocalyptic-times/?pkg=rtoe1077, https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/08/the-democratic-national-convention-revealed-liberals-under-god-problem, https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/08/naming-the-traitors-among-us-the-public-officials-who-coddle-radical-insurrectionists/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/08/never-underestimate-the-optimism-of-the-moderates-and-the-determination-of-the-radicals/.
2020-09-1635 minThe Return to Order MomentThe Catholic Church and the Black Lives Matter MovementThe Black Lives Matter movement places Catholics in a difficult situation. On one hand, the Catholic Church rejects racism, as it has for two thousand years. On the other hand, the Marxist Nature of the Black Lives Matter movement makes it impossible for traditionalists to support them. The two articles that make up this episode explore the proper relationship between the Church and this revolutionary movement. Read the articles - https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/08/three-reasons-why-catholics-cannot-support-the-blm-revolution/ and https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/08/are-catholic-schools-becoming-antifa-recruiting-centers/.
2020-09-0223 minThe Return to Order MomentIs There Really a Revolution of 2020Some say that the events of the first half of Two Thousand Twenty may be the opening scenes of a revolution. They argue that these events are similar to those that started the French Revolution of 1789-1799 or the Russian Communist Revolution of 1917. However, many want to believe that it will just "blow over." In this episode, John Horvat explains his reasons for believing that this is a genuine revolution, Edwin Benson explains how the education revolution of John Deweyfeeds into these events, and John Horvat speculates about the coming day when bailouts no longer work. Read the articles...
2020-08-2632 minThe Return to Order MomentThe Wisdom and Purpose of SufferingTo the modern mind, nothing is worse than suffering. We go to great lengths to avoid it, and drug ourselves to dull it when it does come our way. This short-sighted attitude does great harm. God uses our sufferings to make us stronger, to keep us from temptation, and to purify us. Read the articles: https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/07/how-the-cure-of-ars-shows-how-you-can-benefit-from-your-suffering/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/07/restoration-of-order-at-queen-of-peace-after-fire-bombing/. and https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/05/when-prayer-proved-powerful-against-plague/.
2020-08-0527 minThe Return to Order MomentDisorder in the Court!We have a legal system that has abandoned the idea of absolute truth and moral law. That leaves us with a confused system that bases its decisions on mere opinions and legal theories that have little relationship to reality. The only way back from the abyss is to reclaim our Natural Law heritage. Read the articles - https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/01/appealing-to-a-higher-law-is-the-only-way-out-of-our-constitutional-crisis/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/07/court-decision-confirms-what-we-already-know-expect-betrayal/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/06/natural-law-judges-are-the-only-way-to-save-the-judiciary/.
2020-07-2929 minThe Return to Order MomentEducation During the Revolution of 2020Many of the elements of what may be called the Revolution of 2020 focus upon education. There are demands for sweeping changes in both the curriculum of the schools and in the ways that those schools function. This episode of the Return to Order Moment will focus upon three aspects of the demands that these dark forces have in mind for our schools. To read the articles, go to https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/01/the-goal-of-the-1619-project-to-produce-good-little-leftists/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/06/why-are-schools-changing-everything-for-a-virus-that-isnt-killing-children/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/07/how-leftists-want-to-make-schools-more-dangerous/.
2020-07-2229 minThe Return to Order MomentThe Insane Revolution of Two Thousand TwentyThe series of events that could come to be called the Revolution of Two Thousand Twenty has spawned more than its share of insanity. All around the United States, unhinged radicals make demands to which no sane society would give a moment’s notice. Such actions will be the focus of this episode of The Return to Order Moment. It considers the attack on the monument of Saint Louis the Ninth in St. Louis, Missouri, the move to "defund" the police, the dustup over Drew Brees's patriotic statement and his retraction of it, and the left's fury over the restaurant ch...
2020-07-1522 minThe Return to Order MomentWindows into the Soul of the RevolutionA “Social Justice” Revolution is being imposed on the United States. The revolutionaries'goal is to overturn any remaining traces of traditional virtue that remain in America. This episode of the Return to Order Moment is designed to open the left’s distortions to public scrutiny. Read the articles - https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/06/to-the-left-stop-weaponizing-the-word-selfish/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/06/beware-the-rule-of-the-riot-makers/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/06/why-were-witches-involved-in-the-protests/.
2020-07-0825 minThe Return to Order MomentBetrayed Again, Ten Commandments Americans Fight On, Trusting in God Alone for Final Victory!The Supreme Court has once again turned its back on the Christian culture that is the basis of all law and justice in its Bostock decision. While disheartening, we must draw strength from Our Lord and Our Lady and continue to fight to save the remnants of Christian culture in the United States. Read the statement at https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/06/betrayed-again-ten-commandments-americans-fight-on-trusting-in-god-alone-for-final-victory/?pkg=rtoe1010.
2020-07-0122 minThe Return to Order MomentThe Most Monumental Social Engineering and Ideological Transshipment Effort in History, Part 2"Unperceived Ideological Transshipment" is a term that describes the process through which a previously unacceptable idea slowly becomes acceptable, and then commonly believed. People who live in a world dominated by the media are frequently subject to it. Leftists are especially proficient in its use. Read the article - https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/05/the-most-monumental-social-engineering-and-ideological-transshipment-effort-in-history-part-2/
2020-06-2446 minThe Return to Order MomentThe Most Monumental Social Engineering and Ideological Transshipment Effort in History, Part 1The Coronavirus represents the best chance that the left has ever had to radically change the world economy. Read the article - https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/05/the-most-monumental-social-engineering-and-ideological-transshipment-effort-in-history-part-1/.
2020-06-1743 minThe Return to Order MomentThe Enforced Calm and the Sudden StormThe enforced calm of the Coronavirus crisis has given way to protests and violence in the wake of the killing of George Floyd. This podcast considers the effect of the Coronavirus shutdown on America’s homes and families, the revolutionary aspects of the disturbances that followed Mr. Floyd’s horrible death, and the direction that Americans need to receive from its leaders to weather the effects of the storm. Read the articles - https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/06/what-will-you-remember-about-the-spring-of-2020/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/06/these-are-not-riots-this-is-revolution/?pkg=rtoe0986, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/06/three-things-archbishop-gregory-should-have-said-instead-of-criticizing-the-president/.
2020-06-1023 minThe Return to Order MomentWho Are The Young TraditionalistsTo the horror of the progressives, many young people are discovering traditional religious practice, and find it attractive. These articles explore this connection. Read the articles - https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/05/three-counsels-for-the-unfortunate-graduation-class-of-2020/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/05/a-leftist-conundrum-who-could-possibly-be-young-and-pro-life/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/05/why-young-people-are-attracted-to-the-sublime/.
2020-06-0322 minThe Return to Order MomentTurning the World Upside DownLiberals, progressives, socialists – whatever you want to call them – are trying to create an unworkable and chaotic society. Perhaps, it can best be summarized in the phrase, a world gone mad. Read the articles - https://www.returntoorder.org/2019/10/can-rivers-rice-and-orangutans-have-personhood-rights/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/04/government-cant-keep-acting-like-money-grows-on-trees/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/03/are-progressive-prosecutors-the-enemies-of-public-safety/.
2020-05-2728 minThe Return to Order MomentThe Church, the World, and the CoronavirusThe Catholic Church knows a lot about plagues like the Coronavirus. It has dealt with dozens of plagues during its 2,000 year history. This podcast considers the nature of the plague, how a famous Catholic Saint dealt successfully with a similar situation, and the problems inherent in the way that public authorities dealt with the Coronavirus. Read the articles - https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/04/is-the-coronavirus-a-chastisement-it-depends-on-who-you-ask/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/05/how-saint-charles-borromeo-fought-the-deadly-virus-in-milan/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/05/no-one-can-oblige-us-to-commit-suicide/.
2020-05-0627 minThe Return to Order MomentDoes Modern Education Actually Educate?In modern society, all levels of education, from pre-schoolers to adults, are hostages to a modernist world view. That world view was inspired by John Dewey in the early years ofthe twentieth century. It has produced disasterous and revolutionary consequences for the society that it was supposed to inform. Read the articles - https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/04/how-ted-talks-offer-post-modern-madness/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/04/this-is-how-higher-education-went-mad/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/04/how-teachers-should-help-teenagers-become-adults/.
2020-04-2229 minThe Return to Order MomentFinding Strength to Resist the CoronavirusThe Return to Order Moment offers three widely different, albeit complimentary, sorts of advice from three different authors. All of them are designed to contribute to a state of mind that will help listeners gain a sense of perspective, and, hopefully, be a source of strength. Read the articles: https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/04/californias-heavenly-patroness-a-sure-refuge-in-these-times-of-crisis/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/03/in-face-of-coronaphobia-we-need-to-recognize-jesus-is-my-king/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/04/who-needs-conspiracy-theories-when-progressives-openly-describe-the-post-corona-world/.
2020-04-1523 minThe Return to Order MomentTaking a Principled Stand In the Midst of Political ConflictKnlowledge of curent issues is only part of being an informed part of a representative democracy. The far more important part of the equasion is understanding and applying political and moral principles to the selection of leaders. Here Mr. Jolhn Horvat discusses the need for principles and then reasons that voters should cllosely examine the principles of both the right and the left. Read the articles: https://www.returntoorder.org/2019/11/this-is-why-we-can-have-no-illusions-about-todays-crisis/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2019/12/are-conservatives-soul-searching-in-the-wrong-places/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2019/12/how-the-left-gets-americas-civil-war-all-wrong/.
2020-04-0827 minThe Return to Order MomentLessons of the Coronavirus: Finding Wisdom Amid the CrisisMany people are asking themselves why the Coronavirus scare is happening and what it means. Although more information will come in time, it is not too early to begin gathering the information that will help to answer those difficult questions. Read the articles - https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/03/why-we-need-wisdom-not-panic-in-the-coronavirus-fight/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/03/what-americans-can-learn-from-the-coronavirus-in-italy/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/03/involve-all-americans-in-the-fight-against-the-coronavirus/.
2020-04-0129 minThe Return to Order MomentIs There a Christian Reaction to the Coronavirus?The coronavirus dominates world news, whipping up a hysteria rarely seen in modern times. In these articles, Mr. John Horvat, second, discusses several aspects of the disease and its effect on society – especially on the necessity to focus on our relationship to God. Read the articles - https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/03/this-is-the-sure-cure-for-coronaphobia/?pkg=rtoe0903 and https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/03/the-coronavirus-is-a-call-to-return-to-god/?pkg=rtoe0903.
2020-03-2517 minThe Return to Order MomentThe Environment and the YoungThe environmental movement has made a specialty of indoctrinating the young, especially young women, and recruiting them to promote the movement. Three notable examples are Greta Thunberg, Katie Elder, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. These articles focus on three different aspects ot that process. Read the articles - https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/02/how-greta-thunburg-went-from-unknown-teenager-to-eco-prophetess/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2019/09/why-teenagers-are-pawns-in-the-eco-propaganda-machine/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2019/04/new-socialists-new-risks-new-green-deal/.
2020-03-1120 minThe Return to Order MomentTwo French SaintsAll of us have the same goal - to serve God in this life and be happy with Him in the next. However, each of us takes a different road to get there. Two French Saints is made up of meditations by Prof. Plinio Correa de Olivera of two very different people, Saint Louis IX and Saint Bernadette. Read the articles - https://www.returntoorder.org/2019/08/saint-louis-ix-was-both-a-man-of-peace-and-a-warrior/ and https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/02/the-very-special-mission-of-saint-bernadette-the-seer-at-lourdes/
2020-03-0413 minThe Return to Order MomentOur Lady of the Grand Return: A Story of Hope for our TimesAlthough it took place during and following World War II, the "Grand Return" is little known, even in Catholic circles. In this article, Mr. James Bascom tells that story - a story that inspires us to look forward to the Reign of Our Lady's Immaculate Heart. Read the Article - https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/02/our-lady-of-the-grand-return-a-story-of-hope-for-our-times/
2020-02-2621 minThe Return to Order MomentThe Dangers of Progressive EducationThis podcast is made up of three articles published recently on www.returntoorder.org. They all concern teh threats presented by "Progressive" educational theories. Read the articles:https://www.returntoorder.org/2019/02/when-social-activism-outweighs-good-grammar/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2019/10/beware-the-socialist-in-the-schoolhouse-a-review-of-debunking-howard-zinn/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2019/11/educations-new-obsession-can-math-be-racist/.
2020-02-1924 minThe Return to Order MomentRestoring an Effective and a Just GovernmentA compilation of two articles by John Horvat II; This podcast is designed to describe a growing threat to the very idea of government in the United States and to describe a solution that is in line with Higher Laws instituted by God. Read the articles - https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/02/using-impeachment-to-make-america-ungovernable/ and https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/01/appealing-to-a-higher-law-is-the-only-way-out-of-our-constitutional-crisis/.
2020-02-1218 minThe Return to Order MomentA Tale of Two MarchesThis podcast consists of two articles, both written by John Horvat II. The first is about the failure of the Women's March. The second is about the overwhelming success of the 2020 March for Life. Read the articles, https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/01/three-reasons-why-the-2020-womens-march-failed/ and https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/01/two-unexpected-things-that-happened-at-the-march-for-life-and-why-theyre-important/.
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