Timeless Essays
Thomas More on Conscience, Courage, & the Comedy…
As the gulf between classical and postmodern notions of conscience and government grows ever wider…
The Truth About Ronald Reagan ~ The Imaginative…
Nearly three decades after the Reagan administration ended, several views of the fortieth…
James Otis, Then and Now ~ The Imaginative Conservative
Going back to the first principles of the Founding, one finds that the Founders talked unceasingly…
Christian Humanism and Conservatism ~ The Imaginative…
Russell Kirk was aware that others had also claimed the mantle of humanism, but in the name of…
Conservative Credo ~ The Imaginative Conservative
The conservative believes that the True, the Good, and the Beautiful are interrelated, and that all…
Poison Pill ~ The Imaginative Conservative
“Neither she nor anyone else could have imagined how birth control would also contribute to the…
Felix Mendelssohn ~ The Imaginative Conservative
Felix Mendelssohn, for all his amazing versatility, is now remembered by a tiny handful of his…
The Profoundly Humane Vision of “Groundhog…
The protagonist of the film “Groundhog Day” discovers that what makes life worth living is not…
Knowledge is Virtue- The Imaginative Conservative
Every time I reread the “Protagoras” or “Meno,” I am surprised anew that a man of Plato’s towering…
Franz Schubert’s Music of Paradise Lost ~ The…
Franz Schubert’s music is the music of Paradise lost. It is the songful lament of the wanderer who…
