Benjamin Pap Singleton Last night, as I was thinking about falling asleep, I quickly checked my Twitter account. As I almost always do, I found something very interesting from a man I’ve come to respect immensely, though we’ve never actually met—Jamara Newell, who goes by the name of “Sir Geechie,” a South Carolinian [...]
What is the proper role of military power for a Republic? Is it the role of a Republic to maintain a large military presence in foreign lands? For what purpose would a Republic expend large amounts of blood and treasure to promote "democracy" in far away nations? What does this say in relation to countries, [...]
Russell Kirk Thirty years ago, Irving Babbitt wrote that the highest order of true work is an ethical working, labor of the spirit; and that no important problem of economics or politics can be solved within its own terms. “When studied with any degree of thoroughness, the economic problem will be found to [...]
The philosophical roots of modern political conservatism extend back over many generations through Burke and the natural law to the Middle Ages and classical antiquity. This meant that in every historical epoch in Western civil society there have always been some conservatives. Over the next three decades Russell [Kirk] and I found that this fact [...]
Col. John Turchin Today marks the 150th anniversary of the sack of Athens, Alabama on 2 May 1862 by Union troops serving under the command of Colonel John Turchin, who was born Ivan Vasilovitch Turchinov, near St. Petersburg, Russia. Upon entering Athens, Turchin turned his men loose, telling them “I see nothing for [...]
“Inspired by Liberty & Virtue: The Education of the Founders of the American Republic” was the keynote address given to the Free Enterprise Institute’s Founders’ Day Breakfast, November 2011. A slightly revised text version of this address can be found here. […]
George Washington Carver We have become ninety-nine percent money mad. The method of living at home modestly and within our income, laying a little by systematically for the proverbial rainy day which is due to come, can almost be listed among the lost arts. For more by George Washington Carver visit The Imaginative Conservative Bookstore. We [...]
by Robert M. Woods In all of our Great Books based programs we exalt the primary readings, unmediated by commentaries, critical theories, jargon ladened treatises, and a mountain of secondary works explaining what a given author meant within his work. What we generally do is encourage the students to jump right in and start swimming. By [...]