Dennis Gallagher

About Dennis Gallagher

Dennis Gallagher is the founder and editor of Political Policy.

Why I Am a Conservative

By Dennis Gallagher|2014-01-21T12:11:05-05:00January 5th, 2013|Categories: Conservatism, Russell Kirk, Why I Am a Conservative|

Russell Kirk To condense into a short essay the reason I’m a conservative is no mean feat. From my perspective, in order to represent my reasoning, I need to address not only what it is about conservatism that first captured my attention, but also how I believe that the principles of conservatism [...]

Conserving the Moral Imagination Through A Liberal Education

By Dennis Gallagher|2014-02-25T12:02:12-05:00March 16th, 2012|Categories: Liberal Learning, Russell Kirk|

Russell Kirk The primary purpose of a liberal education, then, is the cultivation of the person’s own intellect and imagination, for the person’s own sake. It ought not to be forgotten, in this mass-age when the state aspires to be all-in-all, that genuine education is something higher than an instrument of [...]