Stormfields

John Betjeman Assesses C.S. Lewis, 1939

Source: John Betjeman to C.S. Lewis, December 13, 1939, in Candida Lycett Green, ed., John Betjeman Letters, Vol. 1, pp. 250-253. Dear Mr Lewis, Since I have just expunged from the proofs of a preface of a new… Read More

Colin Hardie’s Obit of C.S. Lewis

The last sentence of your obituary may give the impression that C.S. Lewis was too busy writing to have much time for social relations, and that he had little gift for them.  To many this will seem much… Read More

Albert Jay Nock, 20th-Century DemiGod

There are a number of writers who both inspire and humble me.  Albert Jay Nock, perhaps the most individual of individualists, almost always floors me when I read him.  He enlivens my soul and my mind, but he… Read More

Why Robert Nisbet Matters

I had a blast writing this article about one of my favorite thinkers, Robert Nisbet, for The American Conservative.   Thank you so much, Daniel McCarthy!   http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/prophet-of-community/

Over at TIC: A Dialogue about Gulf War I

An Imaginative Conservative Dialogue.   The grand Adam Fuller and I discuss Kirk, Bush, and Gulf War I.   http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2016/04/russell-kirk-right-gulf-war.html

Tucson Paper Reviews RUSSELL KIRK: AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE

Oh, nice Easter surprise. A Tucson paper reviews RUSSELL KIRK: AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE.   http://soaznewsx.com/daniel-davis-russell-kirk-american-conservative-book-review/

Golgotha: The Meaning of the Journey

My children, when you were little, we used sometimes to go for walks in our pine woods.  In the open fields, you would run along by yourselves.  But you used instinctively to give me your hands as we… Read More

The Genius of Mike Church

Yesterday, I had the great honor of speaking with one of the single best radio personalities in the United States and, frankly, the world: Mike Church.  We talked for over 75 minutes, though, the actual edit comes down… Read More

Real Conservatives Don’t Have Time for Bigotry

“He believed literally that all men were created equal and that he man’s own ambition determined what happened to him after that.  He put his principles into practice. . . . in the dark depression years when he… Read More

Roman Catholics for Cruz

Proud to be on this list. https://www.tedcruz.org/news/catholic-leaders-endorse-ted-cruz-president/

Hunter Baker for Congress, 2016

hunterbakerforcongress.com I’m extremely proud of my close friend and ally, Hunter Baker.  He’s just announced he’s running for Congress.  I’ve known Hunter for many years, and I can state with not the slightest amount of hesitation: he’s a man… Read More

Biography and the Art of Being Human

A thought experiment: try to recreate everything you’ve done since you started reading this article. Every thought, every distraction, every movement, every feeling. Have you wanted some coffee? Have you thought about closing this page? Have you scratched that itch on… Read More