Timeless Essays
The Legacy of Forrest McDonald ~ The Imaginative…
Forrest McDonald demonstrated that the historian above all must be a pragmatist who looks at the…
Imagining the Epiphany ~ The Imaginative Conservative
The late Steve Masty’s “The Test of the Magi” is a novel that displays a powerful religious…
Did the Three Wise Men Really Exist? ~ The Imaginative…
It is easy to understand why skeptical New Testament scholars have relegated the magi from…
A Carol for Epiphany Eve ~ The Imaginative Conservative
“The Gloucestershire Wassail” is a traditional English carol associated with the eve of Epiphany,…
Permanent Things: T. S. Eliot’s Conservatism
T.S. Eliot’s conservatism is “pre-political,” offering no simple formula for the modern polity. He…
J.R.R. Tolkien’s Sanctifying Myth ~ The…
Myth, J.R.R. Tolkien thought, can convey the sort of profound truth that is intransigent to…
Tolkien’s Philosophy of Myth ~ The Imaginative…
Fantasy shows us ourselves in the light of the fullness of the natural and supernatural reality in…
Have More Enemies ~ The Imaginative Conservative
I find that acknowledging my enemies does not make me hate them more. It makes me less resentful…
How We Got New Year’s Day- The Imaginative…
As you celebrate New Year’s Day remember that for one thousand years the welcoming of a new year…
Toast the New Year as the Founders Did ~ The…
Think that Franklin and Jefferson celebrated the victory at Yorktown with a cheap jug of Wal-Mart…
