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Summer Lovin’, Mount Rushmore Style

By Dedra McDonald Birzer|

“Little Places” and the Recovery of Civilization

America: A Progressive Coming-Together?

2021-06-17T18:05:36-05:00By Donald Devine|

Celebrating the Music of Igor Stravinsky

2021-06-16T17:42:57-05:00By Michael De Sapio|

Among the Paynim: Jalaludin Rumi and the Sufi’s Riddle

2021-06-16T14:02:02-05:00By Stephen Masty|

Tolkien and Theology

2021-06-16T17:30:38-05:00By Bradley J. Birzer|

“Cancel Culture” and the Great Men of the West

2021-06-14T15:03:40-05:00By Mark Malvasi|

Tools: Work Done Right

2021-06-14T15:02:14-05:00By John Willson|

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Heart and Mind

2021-06-11T15:50:42-05:00By Glenn Arbery|

Anna Julia Cooper: Uplifting the Oppressed With Liberal Arts Education

2021-06-10T16:14:10-05:00By Carrie Eben|

Waiting for Odysseus: The Tale of Argos

2021-06-07T09:00:03-05:00By W. Winston Elliott III|

Empowering the Rapist: Shakespeare Abuse Becomes Sexual Abuse

2021-06-04T14:25:03-05:00By Joseph Pearce|

Winged Words: Reading & Discussing Great Books

2021-06-01T09:36:29-05:00By Peter Kalkavage|

The Imitation of Heroes

2021-05-29T05:45:43-05:00By Christopher Nelson|

Liberal Learning: Faithful & Useless?

2021-05-27T09:18:24-05:00By Eva Brann|

Love Letters

2021-05-18T12:06:23-05:00By Kate Deddens|

Getting First Things First in Catholic Higher Education

2021-05-22T21:44:28-05:00By David Deavel|

Homer’s “Odyssey” Is a Gift

2021-05-23T00:58:14-05:00By W. Winston Elliott III|

Controlling Student Speech… On and Off Campus

2021-06-18T13:13:22-05:00By Thomas Ascik|

Car Repair, Self-Interest, & the Benevolent Investor

2021-05-19T10:43:50-05:00By Christopher Nelson|

The Graduation Lie & Four Exhortations

2021-05-17T10:54:49-05:00By Ray Van Neste|

Graduation Day: Do You Want to Change the World?

2021-05-14T11:03:33-05:00By Eva Brann|

Can We Live Without Enchantment?

2021-05-11T15:23:43-05:00By Wilfred McClay|

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American Republic

Why We Didn’t Need the 1776 Commission Anyway

2021-06-15T20:49:49-05:00By Robert E. Salyer|

American Exceptionalism, Expansion, & Centralization

2021-06-07T23:05:48-05:00By Chuck Chalberg|

Controlling Student Speech… On and Off Campus

2021-06-18T13:13:22-05:00By Thomas Ascik|

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Conservatism

Funding the Resistance

2021-05-14T11:47:49-05:00By David Deavel|

Ten Imaginative Conservative Questions

2021-05-12T08:56:09-05:00By Bradley J. Birzer|

Russell Kirk Reconsidered

2021-04-28T15:49:35-05:00By Bradley J. Birzer|

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Culture

Among the Paynim: Jalaludin Rumi and the Sufi’s Riddle

2021-06-16T14:02:02-05:00By Stephen Masty|

Indiana Jones: American Epic Hero

2021-06-12T12:30:36-05:00By Stephen M. Klugewicz|

A Call to Reform: Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “The Cry of the Children”

2021-06-08T11:47:34-05:00By Bethany Getz|

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Books

America: A Progressive Coming-Together?

2021-06-17T18:05:36-05:00By Donald Devine|

Tools: Work Done Right

2021-06-14T15:02:14-05:00By John Willson|

Freedom, Western Tradition, & “The Unbroken Thread”

2021-05-28T23:13:50-05:00By Jordan Alexander Hill|

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Politics

Controlling Student Speech… On and Off Campus

2021-06-18T13:13:22-05:00By Thomas Ascik|

Funding the Resistance

2021-05-14T11:47:49-05:00By David Deavel|

Slavery That Was, and Is, and Is to Come

2021-05-14T15:24:46-05:00By Joseph Pearce|

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Imagination

Winged Words: Reading & Discussing Great Books

2021-06-01T09:36:29-05:00By Peter Kalkavage|

Barfield’s Romantic Logos

2021-05-18T16:51:59-05:00By Bradley J. Birzer|

Disraelian Conservatism & the Romantic Imagination

2021-03-18T11:45:36-05:00By Nils Clausson|

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Economics

A Call to Reform: Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “The Cry of the Children”

2021-06-08T11:47:34-05:00By Bethany Getz|

Friedrich-Georg Jünger on Technology & Prometheanism

2021-06-01T19:40:04-05:00By Matthew Pheneger|

Why Can’t They Make Beautiful Windmills?

2021-05-21T12:54:32-05:00By John Horvat|

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Literature

A Call to Reform: Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “The Cry of the Children”

2021-06-08T11:47:34-05:00By Bethany Getz|

“The Clod and the Pebble”

2021-05-18T10:01:21-05:00By William Blake|

“As Kingfishers Catch Fire”

2021-05-10T12:20:36-05:00By Gerard Manley Hopkins|

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Liberal Learning

Heart and Mind

2021-06-11T15:50:42-05:00By Glenn Arbery|

Anna Julia Cooper: Uplifting the Oppressed With Liberal Arts Education

2021-06-10T16:14:10-05:00By Carrie Eben|

Winged Words: Reading & Discussing Great Books

2021-06-01T09:36:29-05:00By Peter Kalkavage|

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