Political Pundit and Social Commentator
Many who find my work tend to make assumptions about my upbringing. They assume that I grew up in a stable, probably religious home, with married parents who guided me on my current course. Sadly, such was not the case. In many ways, I live now in contradiction to the values proffered to me when I was growing up.
Born in England to the home of a single mother, she would soon pass while I was still quite young. I then lived in multiple homes throughout my childhood and adolescence; the majority of my youth was spent with an abusive aunt and uncle. Both were police officers, and they unwittingly taught me a lot about human nature.
At the age of 12, I entered the British political scene, fascinated by the problems that were facing the nation, and the tepid efforts to fix them. I learned very young that the public school system was not a source of comprehensive education, and thereafter read much more than my peers, in a compensatory effort.
I was raised to be an atheist, but I was baptized in an Anglican Church at the age of 15, after much soul-searching and a conversion. Shortly thereafter, I entered the United States and worked in the area of alternative health research for over a decade.
I began producing videos on political and cultural topics in 2018 in response to obvious parallels between British and American decline. While Britain is further along in its cultural descent, it’s clear that America is on the same path. I hoped to use Britain as a case study with which to warn Americans of the implications of hate speech legislation, the eradication of self-defense protections in law, and similar catastrophes.
I added written works to my previous video-only focus in August 2021, so that I might explore deeper cultural issues that can be better addressed in text rather than video. This began with the Substack, Homefront Crusade.
The study of the history of the West eventually led me to the Catholic faith, and I was formally received into the Church on April 16th, 2022. Cardinal John Henry Newman once said, “To be deep in history is to cease to be Protestant.” My experience aligns with that, but ultimately, I consider my faith to be a tremendous gift, for which I am grateful.
You may find my byline at Crisis Magazine, Catholic World Report, Catholic Answers, and National Catholic Register.