The Right Political Questions (#493)

After an exhausting election season, it’s easy to argue about which way our country should go without asking what it’s all for. In a 1911 newspaper column, more than a decade before he became Catholic, G.K. Chesterton offered a test as old as mankind: can an honest man marry an honest woman, raise their children and give them a secure life? In this episode, we look at why every political and economic system should be measured by that standard, why the family comes before the state, and why financial security isn’t enough without freedom: to raise children in the faith, to settle our own affairs close to home (the Catholic principle of subsidiarity), and to love and preserve our homeland (patria). There’s no candidate to back or policy to push here, just some of the right questions to ask, and a little comfort for anyone worn out by the last few months.

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