by Kevin Bauder | Aug 4, 2017 | Civility, Conservatism, Culture
Roger Scruton is one of the most widely recognized thinkers of our day. His works on esthetics and on the history of philosophy have set something of a standard. He is one of those authors who deserves his own shelf in your library. Here Scruton explains for the New...
by Brett Williams | Jul 31, 2017 | Conservatism, Culture, G. K. Chesterton, What We're Reading
Now the whole parable and purpose of these last pages, and indeed of all these pages, is this: to assert that we must instantly begin all over again, and begin at the other end. I begin with a little girl’s hair. That I know is a good thing at any rate. Whatever...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 28, 2017 | Conservatism, Culture, Secularism
If you’re a conservative–or even if you just think you are–Christopher Dawson is one of the names with which you should become familiar. The Imaginative Conservative has published a long-form article by Russell Hittinger that serves as a useful...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 25, 2017 | Anthropology, C. S. Lewis, Christianity, Conservatism, Manliness, Marriage
Because sometimes Wilson’s explanations are even better than his original propositions. I won’t expand on that remark. Just go read the essay.
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 22, 2017 | Accountability, Conservatism, Economics, Ethics, Philosophy, Politics
“Governments Don’t Give People Rights,” by Donald J. Boudreaux at the Foundation for Economic Education. Rights pre-exist government. Therefore, even if – as most people believe – government is necessary to help to secure individuals’ rights,...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 19, 2017 | Affections, Anthropology, Civility, Conservatism, Culture, Epistemology, Hamartiology, Logic and Argumentation, Philosophy, Science, Secularism, Social Issues, Technology
Richard Weaver was one of the three or four most important founders of modern conservatism. His Ideas Have Consequences is probably the most important work in defining a conservative outlook. His notion of “metaphysical dream” is priceless. The Imaginative...
