Author: Andrew Taggart

• January 14, 2026

  The Tribal Future Of The West: On The Need To Grow Up More

  I’m currently two-thirds of the way through Mike Maxwell’s book Tribal Future of the West. While I know very little about Maxwell, it’s enough to say that he is clearly a critic of liberalism (i.e., of the liberal political order) as well as a proponent of tribalism. In what follows, I’ll briefly summarize his main…
• January 13, 2026

  His Face At 50

  In his notebook, George Orwell wrote, “At 50, everyone has the face he deserves.” The claim, in fact, is stronger than this: anyone at any age has the face that reveals “his soul.” If one only knew that one was walking around with a naked face that bore one’s deepest character, one, no doubt, would…
• January 12, 2026

  Does He Actually Want Help?

  Helping someone in any deep sense requires immensely sensitive understanding. This is especially so because the one seeking help is very often engaged in tacit acts of resistance. In other words, he doesn’t know that he’s fighting what is being offered or, more generally, that he’s fighting you. His mind, yes, is his biggest enemy,…
• January 8, 2026

  Power And Clarity

  Over a decade ago, my wife Alexandra and I met a spiritual teacher in Southern California. What puzzled us at the time was the fact that while his teaching was very crisp and clear, the energy in the room was very low. We’ve since come across teachers around whom one feels that the energy has…
• January 6, 2026

  Can We Know God?

  The following is a Q&A that follows my long form essay, “On Not Getting To Denmark.” Question I think it was Pope Benedict, who said “one thing that atheist and believers have in common is they will both learn the truth when they die.“ And that is so true because both sides believe a certain…