This was Babbitt’s last published book, ON BEING CREATIVE. It came out in 1932, and he passed away in the summer of the following year. As such, it reveals much about the great man’s last thoughts regarding a… Read More
From “vir tu”, Latin for the power of being fully human. Four Cardinal Virtues Prudence—the ability to discern good from evil Justice—giving each person his due Fortitude—persistence no matter the cost Temperance—using the created goods for good… Read More
With the loss of personality comes the steady fading away of that sense of uniqueness with which man had once viewed his own existence, which had once been the source of all social intercourse. It is taken increasingly… Read More
Dear Stormfields Reader, At the risk of sounding priggish and preachy, I must state this as openly as possible, especially given all that’s happened and been said (and not said) over the past two weeks or so. Conservatism… Read More
Dear Friends, I am extremely honored to announce that I have been named the interim President and CEO of The American Conservative magazine and its parent NPO. It is interim—a one-year position as steward (Faramir) as we search… Read More
[From a few years ago. . .] As I had mentioned in a previous post, I’m heading to Indianapolis this weekend for a conference on the meaning of liberty and education. One of the finest books I’ve… Read More
From a response, “Republican Virtue, Democratic Spirit,” delivered on April 7, 2009, at Hillsdale College to Paul Rahe’s excellent work on Alexis De Tocqueville. Thank you, Professor Schlueter for organizing this and for inviting me to speak. Thank… Read More
Dear Stormfields readers, First, thank you! Second, for some reason beyond my control, WordPress erased almost 5,000 of you from my subscriber/followers list. This happened to me about 2 weeks ago at this account and also at my… Read More
In this world, the possibility of exploitation will become most violent when men not only deny God but attempt to dominate nature. C.S. Lewis explored the possibilities of men dominating nature during World War in both realistic and… Read More
At midnight, August 24, 410, Alaric and his Gothic warriors entered the gates of Rome and sacked the city, pillaging, raping, and murdering for nearly three solid days. Far from considering himself as a ruthless invader of Rome,… Read More
Though few—Catholic or otherwise—remember him now, Christopher Dawson once stood at the very center of the Catholic literary and intellectual revival the four decades preceding Vatican II. “For Dawson is more like a movement than a man,” his… Read More
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