Though by no means as severe, Americans have, from time to time, also attempted to wield their own pseudo-ideology in the post-World War II era. This ideology was best exemplified by then Vice President Richard Nixon in the spontaneous… Read More
In his twenty-nine books on politics, history, constitutional law, literature, social criticism, economics, and fiction, the shadow of the French Revolution and the loosening of the ideologues upon the world deeply haunted Russell Kirk. Tellingly, his most important influence… Read More
In some ideological regimes of the twentieth century, the killing was systematic. In others, it was merely random. Even a random thought, however, could lead to one’s death or the death of a loved one. In Cambodia, to… Read More
I’m not sure it really matters what we want to label it–democratic despotism, managerial tyranny, soft fascism, a variety of communism–we definitely live in a world that no longer respects basic Natural Rights and true diversity (that is, of… Read More
Washington as victor from PATRIOT SAGE, ed. by Gary Gregg and Matt Spalding.
Why “containment” was morally bankrupt and the three great men who helped end it and the Soviet threat to the world.
C. Wright Mills, Russell Kirk, conformism, TV, the Military Industrial Complex, love, and rock n roll.
I found out late yesterday afternoon that the University Press of Kentucky will be publishing RUSSELL KIRK: AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE in paperback for their spring 2018 list. How great is this??? I’m thrilled. I’m not sure how many changes… Read More
With an emphasis on the Hiss-Chambers trial, the horrors of communism.
My follow-up to last week’s talk on Progressivism. Now, the meaning of ideology and its inherent and inevitable demeaning of the human person. All ideologies–left and right.
I’ve been proudly playing Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) since 1980. Yes, 1980 was back when a number of folks feared that the game itself was evil. Jack Chick was worked up as was Tom Hanks. I still remember… Read More
I’ve been writing a weekly column for The Imaginative Conservative for almost seven years now. Of the roughly 350 pieces I’ve written, this is among my favorites. So glad to be able to thank men such as… Read More
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