Conservatism
The Colonel Blimp of the Old Right ~ The Imaginative…
Hoffman Nickerson and a coterie of essayists in the 1920s and 1930s comprised the “Old Right,” a…
What a Constitution Can, and Can’t, Do ~ The…
A constitution has to have formal structures and requirements if it is to do its job of imposing…
Antiquity & Eternity ~ The Imaginative…
The experience of nostalgia is a feeling of beauty’s remoteness, but only because it is so far in…
Truth in Crisis ~ The Imaginative Conservative
In one of his last writings, Pope Benedict XVI afforded a key insight into the conservative ideal.…
The Victorian Jacobites ~ The Imaginative Conservative
Like their British counterparts, the American Jacobites bitterly criticized the damage done to the…
Legalizing the Resurrection ~ The Imaginative…
Many in our society consider religion merely an instrument of power, and they believe that the…
Against Moral Progress ~ The Imaginative Conservative
Morality only “progresses” as a phenomenon of gift, in which what is good and worth doing is seen…
Rush Limbaugh, Rest in Peace ~ The Imaginative…
I am grateful that my mother so often insisted on making us listen to Rush Limbaugh’s radio show.…
The Measure of Abraham Lincoln ~ The Imaginative…
Abraham Lincoln never was a doctrinaire; he rose from very low estate to very high estate, and he…
Christian Humanism and Conservatism ~ The Imaginative…
Russell Kirk was aware that others had also claimed the mantle of humanism, but in the name of…
