Barry Goldwater Speaks Out 1964
A pretty nifty campaign pamphlet from 1964. Not sure who made it or wrote it, but it’s well done. Enjoy. Senator Goldwater Speaks Out 1964
Russell Kirk, “Property Healthy for Man” (THE FREEMAN, 1964)
One of the most evil works of collectivism — whether it be called communism, state capitalism, socialism, “people’s democracy,” or what you will — is the destruction of true private property. For the longing of man to have… Read More
Russell Kirk, “Does the State Build Homes?” 1949
rak state build homes 1949
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
Selections from Albert Jay Nock’s THEORY OF EDUCATION
“I trust, however, that you will allow me to regard it also as the impersonal welcome offered by citizens of the great republic of letters to another citizens whose only credentials and recommendations are those with which his… Read More
Reagan’s Creative Society, 1968
A nice contrast to Johnson’s supposed “Great Society”: The Creative Society, in other words, is simply a return to the people of the privilege of self-government, as well as a pledge for more efficient representative government–citizens of proven… Read More
The Malady of Progressivism, 1951. By Wilhelm Roepke.
Wilhelm Roepke (1899-1966) was one of the finest economists and economic thinkers of the twentieth-century. Many have credited him with the post-World War II German economic miracle, and the great author, William Shirer, called him the best of… Read More
Catholicism and Leviathan
To understand politics and the political, we must first recognize its place in the order of existence and its limitation. I do fear that, as a whole, western society has come to think of the state (meaning… Read More
Stormfields 