Timeless Essays
A Warning About the Constitution ~ The Imaginative…
The time may come when it shall be the duty of a State, in order to preserve itself from the…
Should We Celebrate Presidents’ Day, or Washington’s…
People ask why a few of us presidential junkies would like to see Presidents’ Day changed back to…
The Humanity of Huck Finn ~ The Imaginative…
Huckleberry Finn is no hero, though he does symbolize the American conscience at the time Mark…
Majesty in Motion: Gustav Holst’s “The…
Make no bones about: Gustav Holst’s “The Planets” is conservative because of its deep appreciation…
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.…
St. Augustine and J.R.R. Tolkien ~ The Imaginative…
As did St. Augustine as the barbarians tore through Rome’s gate on August 24, 410, at midnight,…
The Baseball Hero Nobody Knows ~ The Imaginative…
Gil Meche His career stats indicate that he was a mediocre baseball pitcher—perhaps the epitome of…
Homage to Ash Wednesday ~ The Imaginative Conservative
Want to catch a glimpse of the face of God?—Or at least feel what it is like to know Him? Take…
The Drama of Love in Richard Wagner’s “Ring of the…
Richard Wagner’s grand operatic drama The Ring of the Nibelung is rightly celebrated as one of the…
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…
