Current consensus from 270towin.com T–24 Hours This is not a news publication, or even a political one. It's much broader than that. Nevertheless, the next 24 hours will drastically change our ability to see our mission through, for better or worse. Therefore, on Election Eve, it would be remiss to discuss anything else. Let's be clear about what this election means. It means either our defeat, or more time on the clock. That's it. The margin of victory is already thin, and it will be beyond...
10 days ago • 2 min read
Finally: The Overton Window shifts right Before we jump in, you may notice that today's email looks a little different, and is later than normal. That's because I'm using a new platform for this newsletter, which will enable me to serve you all better in the days to come. You can still reply to any email with your own thoughts, I read every reply. The Overton Window If you're not familiar with the term, the Overton window is "the range of policies politically acceptable to the mainstream...
17 days ago • 2 min read
Donald Trump is America Beyond a mere man I only recently watched Kingdom of Heaven, which you should see if you haven’t. It takes place during the reign of King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, the leper king, one of Christendom’s greatest. Even without seeing it, you’ve certainly seen the memes spawned from it: A single line from the film has stuck with me more than any other: “I am Jerusalem.” This line occurs twice in the film. First, immediately before King Baldwin punishes a wicked man for his...
23 days ago • 2 min read
St. Benedict (left) and St. Boniface (right) We need a new play There’s plenty of talk about whether the Benedict Option or Boniface option is appropriate in our age. Maybe you’ve not heard of these, but every Christian should, so I’ll explain them briefly. Moreover, I’ll explain why I choose neither and what alternative I suggest. If you read nothing else, read the last section. It charts the whole course for us going forward. The Benedict Option St. Benedict of Nursia was a Catholic monk in...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Destruction by Thomas Cole Avoiding destruction I’m not going to bother convincing you we’re headed for destruction if our course does not change, this you already know. We have reviewed the religious history of the West over the last 2000 years in the last two weeks, which I hope you’d agree is clearly associated with our decline. The secularization of the West and the decline of the West have happened at the same time and the same rate. So what are we to do? The Constantine Option I’ve...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Before We Begin You may notice a new sender name in your inbox this evening, I’ve changed the name of this publication (and my name on X). Fear No Evil and Crush Secularism are both alright, but The Constantine Option really encapsulates what I’m about far better. I’ll explain more after we finish our present series, I’ve already touched on it briefly in an X post. Back to our regularly scheduled programming. I know you’ve seen this map before… but really, watch it carefully all the way...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
About This Series Starting this week, in this newsletter and in the weekly Crush Secularism Podcast (broadcast wherever you listen to podcasts), we’re launching into a new series: As It Is In Heaven. We will cover the history of religion in the West, starting with Christ and moving onward to present. The purpose of this series is very straightforward: If we’re going to bring the West back to Christ, we must study the men that brought Christ to the West. As you’ll see over the next few weeks,...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
We are badly underestimating the problem The 1960s were not a good decade for the culture war. We saw the introduction of the birth control pill, the peak of the civil rights movement (a communist movement), and the beginning of America’s habit of getting into senseless wars with Vietnam. The 1950s are often considered, formally or informally, to be the peak of American civilization. There’s good reasoning behind this, but for the purposes of our strategy we have to think a little bit bigger...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Did you remember the Alamo today? I always keep in mind how I can deliver value to my subscribers with each email I write, and if making sure you remember the Alamo isn’t value, I don’t know what is. There’s a reason that the Texas Revolutionaries were absolutely insistent that the Alamo remain in their memory, and it was because founding myths matter. They knew this instinctively, and I imagine that we do also, but let’s explain why before we perform a wellness check on ours. First of all,...
2 months ago • 3 min read