I had a wonderful time last week, talking with the wonderful Tim Goeglein about Russell Kirk. Thank you, Tim! I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation, and I hope we can make it happen again. And, of course, it’s always… Read More
As you Stormfielders (thank you!) well know, I love–ok, this word isn’t even close to strong enough to describe how much I admire–the writings and work of my friend, Rachel Gough. Here’s her latest at Kindred Magazine. RECENTLY… Read More
I will admit that this is possibly the weirdest thing I’ve ever written. But, I will also admit, I had a blast writing it. Thanks, as always, to Winston Elliott III and Stephen M. Klugewicz for encouraging my… Read More
I’m thrilled that RUSSELL KIRK: AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE has been nominated as a finalist for the Paolucci Book Award. Lexington, KY-University Press of Kentuckybiography, Russell Kirk: American Conservative by historian Bradley J. Birzer has been named a finalist for the Henry… Read More
Here’s the main problem for scholarship dealing with free will—it’s outrageously messy. For a moment, imagine how many people had to come together just for you to be here. You’re sitting (presumably) there reading this. Maybe you’re at… Read More
Dear Readers of Stormfields, First, as always, thank you! I’m deeply honored (and more than a bit surprised) there are so many of you! Second, as I hope you know, as much as I love talking about current… Read More
Over at The American Conservative (edited by the brilliant Dan McCarthy), I had the chance to offer some thoughts on the recent and exceedingly unpleasant re-arising of racial tensions in the United States. If one believes in the… Read More
https://www.libertyclassroom.com A glorious thanks to my great friend, Tom Woods, a man of intense and abiding virtue. I’ve just completed my second set of courses for his Liberty Classroom. The course is on Mythology and the Western Tradition…. Read More
Yesterday, I had the grand privilege of speaking with John Barron (Chicago Tribune) about Russell Kirk on live tv, C-Span’s Book TV. It was wonderful, and John, not surprisingly, was a brilliant gentleman. In fact, everyone at the… Read More
Today, as many of you probably know, is the 75th anniversary of C.S. Lewis’s delivering his most famous sermon, “The Weight of Glory.” Though the following is NOT about that sermon, it is quite revealing and quite moving…. Read More
Thank you to Mark Sullivan and Carl E. Olson. Mention the name “Russell Kirk” to someone who describes himself as “conservative” and you are likely to get a blank look or, at best, be told, “I’ve heard the name.” (Readers… Read More
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