Essays
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A Conservatism for Blue-Collar Canada
If Liberals co-opt king and country, “have-nots” and “battlers” are the right’s future.
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The Durable Mr. Nock
Meet the literary anarchist who inspired William F. Buckley, Jr. and Russell Kirk.
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Sleepwalking into the Next World War
Great power involvement in Ukraine traces the path that led to World War I.
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Caulfield versus Copperfield
The literature a society reads shapes it—for the worse, in J. D. Salinger’s case.
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Whittaker Chambers and the Crisis of the Modern Soul
A reflection from 2002 on a timeless author and a work that had just turned 50.
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The Quickening of Imagination
Russell Kirk’s childhood of wonder.
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American Century or Totalitarian Century?
Why Paul Johnson disputed Henry Luce’s verdict on an age.
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How Economists Misjudge Tariffs
Michael Oakeshott, Aristotle, and Leo Strauss have some lessons for them.
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America 500
ISI’s vision for the next 250 years.
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Winston Churchill: Patriot, Not Internationalist
John Lukacs conveys his courage—and what made him a man of the Right.
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