Timeless Essays
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…
The Nature of the Inklings ~ The Imaginative…
It is critical to remember that the meeting times as well as the membership of the Inklings were…
The Hidden Depths in Robert Frost ~ The Imaginative…
The conservatism of Robert Frost was rooted in his tendency to view existence as inherently…
St. Thomas Aquinas —The Imaginative Conservative
St. Thomas Aquinas has the rare quality of wanting to know all that can be said for the other side.…
The Greatness of Mozart ~ The Imaginative Conservative
Mozart was not like us. The question as to why Mozart died so young is always superseded by: How…
The Light Invisible ~ The Imaginative Conservative
The modern secularist, T.S. Eliot, finds meaning either in the brute forces of the physical world…
Thomas Jefferson and “A Little Rebellion Now and…
Nowhere to be seen now are the old Jeffersonians, once a major American type, rebellious men who…
