Apr 12, 2012 ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Liberal Learning and Testing for (PC) Truth

Idiot, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. The Idiot’s activity is not confined to any special field of thought or action, but ‘pervades and regulates the whole.’ He has the last word in everything; his decision is unappealable. He sets the fashion of opinion and [...]

Revolution Defined

By Darrin Moore|2014-03-24T11:29:17-05:00April 12th, 2012|Categories: American Republic, Revolution, Russell Kirk|Tags: Darrin Moore|

The following excerpts are from the chapter A Revolution Not Made, but Prevented in Kirk’s book Rights & Duties: Reflections on Our Conservative Constitution. Our excerpter, Darrin Moore, suggests—like a sommelier—that the reader might find The Beatles counter-revolutionary tune Revolution a perfect pairing to this article if one hopes for Kirk’s ideas to “ferment in the mind.” [...]