Russell Kirk wrote those words in the prospectus for the publication that he and Henry Regnery launched in 1957 as Modern Age: A Conservative Review.

The conflagrations of the early 20th century, and the inadequacy of mere liberalism as a response to them, provoked a revival of creative conservative thought, which found expression in such classic works as Richard Weaver’s Ideas Have Consequences and Kirk’s The Conservative Mind.

What was needed beyond individual books, however, was a place where the different facets of conservatism could be brought together and debated—where the vital work of renewal could continue on a regular basis.

What was needed was a journal of ideas and cultural comment—Modern Age.

In the decades since its founding Modern Age has served as the principal quarterly of the intellectual right.

In this forum, Russell Kirk, Richard Weaver, Frank Meyer, Harry Jaffa, Murray Rothbard, M.E. Bradford, Ludwig von Mises, Willmoore Kendall, and other daring minds have argued their ideas. Its editors have included Eugene Davidson, David S. Collier, George A. Panichas, R. V. Young, and Peter Augustine Lawler.

Today Modern Age is published by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and is edited, in print and online, by Daniel McCarthy.