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Mark Pulliam Reviews RUSSELL KIRK: AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE

    A very kind and very detailed review of RUSSELL KIRK: AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE.  Thank you, Liberty Fund! http://www.libertylawsite.org/2016/01/15/the-fertility-god-of-conservatism/

My Favorite Book of 2015

I am very grateful to my friend, Daniel McCarthy, for having invited me to write 300 words about my favorite book of 2015. For 2014, I went Hayekian and philosophical: Jim Otteson’s masterful THE END OF SOCIALISM. For… Read More

London Telegraph’s Obit of Steve Masty

A huge thanks to Winston Elliott for sending this to me.  Makes me so proud to have been Steve’s friend.  He helped me profoundly with my biography of Russell Kirk.  What a character. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12084957/Stephen-Masty-communications-adviser-obituary.html

Dawson on Various Totalitarianisms, 1941

  In 1941, Dawson appraised the various fundamentalisms and totalitarianisms–from fascist to Puritan–of his day. cd on totalitarianism 1941

Theodor Haecker, “The Unity of History,” 1946

  One of the greatest opponents of German National Socialism, Theodor Haecker.  He died tragically in the bombing of Munich in the spring of 1945.  This article, published posthumously, offers a brilliant insight into the mind of this… Read More

Commonweal on Babbitt and More, 1929

  A specifically Catholic examination of the New Humanism of Irving Babbitt and Paul Elmer More, 1929.  Enjoy. commonweal on new humanism 1929

Christopher Dawson on the Future of Catholicism, 1942

  Fascinating look at the future of Catholicism as seen during World War II. cd on the future of catholicism

Dawson, “Ploughing a Lone Furrow,” 1960

A really nice autobiographical piece Dawson wrote.  An examination of his life as a non-academic scholar. cd ploughing 1960

World Student Interviews Christopher Dawson, 1959

From a periodical I’d never heard of before my academic work on Christopher Dawson.  Good interview, however. interview with Christopher Dawson 1959

Michael Novak Interviews Christopher Dawson, 1961

cd undistracted philo 1961

Christopher Dawson, TRADITION AND INHERITANCE

One of Dawson’s little known and little-remembered pieces and one of his best.  TRADITION AND INHERITANCE was an attempt to write an autobiography from the standpoint of family rather than individual.  A beautiful idea, but it proved too… Read More

Third Interview with Christopher Dawson, 1961

third interview with CD 1961