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What is the Purpose of 21st-Century Conservatism?

Old Rowan Oak: William Faulkner’s Conservatism

By Carl Rollyson|

What Prohibition Teaches Us

2020-03-30T16:10:00-05:00By Michael J. Connolly|

When the Panic Becomes Policy, Wisdom Must Step In

2020-03-29T17:45:42-05:00By John Horvat|

The Journey Home: Wilhelm Röpke & the Humane Economy

2020-03-29T17:42:55-05:00By Sir Roger Scruton|

Building American Institutions During a Cultural Crisis

2020-03-29T18:36:22-05:00By Donald Devine|

“The Fourth Day”

2020-04-01T13:10:45-05:00By David Russell Mosley|

The COVID-19 Crisis: The Need to Balance Public Health & Economic Stability

2020-03-28T19:24:05-05:00By Gleaves Whitney|

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The Importance of Learning to Argue: From Ancient Greece Through the Present

2019-06-26T22:48:36-05:00By Panayiotis Kanelos|

“Death in Venice”: The Problem of Romantic Reaction

2019-07-03T09:43:30-05:00By Eva Brann|

Telling Lies

2019-06-21T12:34:08-05:00By Eva Brann|

The Dispassionate Study of the Passions

2019-06-14T17:02:37-05:00By Eva Brann|

Hegel & Spirit: The Logic of Desire

2019-05-27T22:40:14-05:00By Eva Brann|

Reflections on Imaginative Conservatism

2019-10-14T15:29:37-05:00By Eva Brann|

Dreams Belong to the Now: Time to Commence

2019-05-20T14:47:46-05:00By Eva Brann|

Graduation Day: Do You Want to Change the World?

2019-05-14T00:45:01-05:00By Eva Brann|

Plato’s “Timaeus”: A Unique Universe of Discourse

2019-05-06T12:41:15-05:00By Eva Brann|

Fit for the World

2019-06-06T02:33:40-05:00By Christopher Nelson|

Depth and Desire

2019-10-08T18:40:29-05:00By Eva Brann|

The Wonders of the “Odyssey”

2019-09-19T13:10:10-05:00By Eva Brann|

“Paradise Lost”: Hidden Meanings?

2019-09-19T13:49:34-05:00By Eva Brann|

Intellect and Intuition: Longing for Insight?

2019-09-17T15:26:54-05:00By Eva Brann|

“Little Places” and the Recovery of Civilization

2019-06-15T09:52:00-05:00By Eva Brann|

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American Republic

The Journey Home: Wilhelm Röpke & the Humane Economy

2020-03-29T17:42:55-05:00By Sir Roger Scruton|

Conservative Skepticism and the Pandemic

2020-03-27T17:31:51-05:00By David Deavel|

The “Price Gouging” Myth

2020-03-27T09:21:40-05:00By Daren Wiseley|

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Conservatism

Eric Voegelin, Conservative?

2020-03-20T12:25:49-05:00By Bradley J. Birzer|

Globalism Goes Viral

2020-03-17T18:10:04-05:00By Joseph Pearce|

Did Edmund Burke Support the American Revolution?

2020-03-17T17:36:43-05:00By Bradley J. Birzer|

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Culture

Coronavirus Reveals America’s Mood

2020-03-28T19:25:22-05:00By Gleaves Whitney|

Forces of Nature: Reflections on COVID-19, My Mother, and Life

2020-03-23T14:42:19-05:00By Kate Deddens|

Three Reasons Why Internet Detox Books Leave Us Frustrated

2020-03-22T17:38:40-05:00By John Horvat|

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Books

Our Hero: Socrates in the Underworld

2020-03-23T23:43:39-05:00By Peter Lawler|

Four Hours of Fury: The Story of World War II’s Operation Varsity

2020-03-24T09:41:36-05:00By James Fenelon|

Three Reasons Why Internet Detox Books Leave Us Frustrated

2020-03-22T17:38:40-05:00By John Horvat|

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Politics

When the Panic Becomes Policy, Wisdom Must Step In

2020-03-29T17:45:42-05:00By John Horvat|

The COVID-19 Crisis: The Need to Balance Public Health & Economic Stability

2020-03-28T19:24:05-05:00By Gleaves Whitney|

Conservative Skepticism and the Pandemic

2020-03-27T17:31:51-05:00By David Deavel|

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Imagination

David Weimer’s “The City as Metaphor”

2020-03-26T10:56:58-05:00By Christine Norvell|

What if This Is the End?

2020-03-26T15:50:58-05:00By Bradley J. Birzer|

On Tolkien’s “Fairy Stories”

2020-03-24T14:59:26-05:00By Nayeli Riano|

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Economics

The Shire and Pestilence: A Fairytale

2020-03-27T17:23:35-05:00By Joseph Pearce|

The “Price Gouging” Myth

2020-03-27T09:21:40-05:00By Daren Wiseley|

Must We Kill the Economy to Kill the Virus?

2020-03-31T10:40:13-05:00By Patrick J. Buchanan|

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Literature

The Shire and Pestilence: A Fairytale

2020-03-27T17:23:35-05:00By Joseph Pearce|

David Weimer’s “The City as Metaphor”

2020-03-26T10:56:58-05:00By Christine Norvell|

On Tolkien’s “Fairy Stories”

2020-03-24T14:59:26-05:00By Nayeli Riano|

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Liberal Learning

In Defense of Elitism

2020-03-06T10:57:46-06:00By Sir Roger Scruton|

Mathematics and Liberal Education

2020-03-03T13:23:08-06:00By Arthur Hippler|

Tales Salutary to the Soul

2020-03-03T11:27:14-06:00By Eva Brann|

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