Russell Kirk, “Social Justice,” 1954
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Russell Kirk, “Does the State Build Homes?” 1949
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Russell Kirk, “Two Plays of Resignation,” 1953
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Russell Kirk, “Unbought Grace of Life,” 1954
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Russell Kirk on Wyndham Lewis, 1955
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Wyndham Lewis to Russell Kirk, 1955
I’d not come across this letter before this afternoon. I found it in THE LETTERS OF WYNDHAM LEWIS, edited by W.K. Rose, page 563. “My dear Kirk. First of all, let me thank you very much for your… Read More
Russell Kirk’s Six Tenets of Conservative Thought, 1953
Belief that a divine intent rules society as well as conscience, forging an eternal chain of right and duty which links great and obscure, living and dead. Political problems, at bottom, are religious and moral problems. A narrow… Read More
George Orwell–at TIC
This morning, the wonderful editors at The Imaginative Conservative posted a piece I wrote on George Orwell. Despite his blistering attacks on all forms of socialism in his fiction, many scholars have considered Orwell a socialist. Yet, as… Read More
Russell Kirk Biography Available for Pre Order
A number of you have very kindly asked about my forthcoming biography of Russell Kirk, founder of post-war American conservatism. I’m extremely happy to report: it’s now available for preorder! Here’s the link at amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Russell-Kirk-Conservative-Bradley-Birzer/dp/0813166187/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1431541545&sr=8-8&keywords=bradley+birzer And, here’s the… Read More
Anti-Statism and Christopher Dawson
Some of my favorite Dawson quotes from BEYOND POLITICS, 1939: The “coming together of politics and economics involved the death of the liberal State and the emergence of a new type of community which whether we call it… Read More
Allen Tate on Oswald Spengler
Source: Allen Tate, “Spengler’s Tract Against Liberalism,” AMERICAN REVIEW 3 (1934): 41-47. tate 1934 on spengler
Hilaire Belloc, Hellish Twins
Source: Hilaire Belloc, “Capitalism and Communism: The Hellish Twins,” ENGLISH REVIEW 54 (1932): 122-134. I don’t agree with Belloc, but who cares? He’s always worth reading. belloc hellish twins
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