Essays
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Flannery at 100—and Forever
O’Connor’s work, fiction and not, is Catholic, gothic, Southern, and timeless.
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It’s Time to Get Rid of “Capitalism”
One of the most sorely abused words in the English language.
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Notes Toward the Definition of Kitsch
Kitsch is more than bad art; it’s a flight from freedom to servitude.
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Liberal Hegemony
At its core is a conflict between state and civil society.
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Is Canada Over?
George Grant’s “Lament for a Nation” shows how a weak sense of identity threatens a country’s survival.
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Just War Theory and Our Military Strategy
From 1983: technology has changed warfare, but not its moral dilemmas.
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Glenn Gould’s God Complex
The pianist’s philosophy is deaf to the transcendent.
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The Absence of a Culture of Shame
It’s much easier to ignore guilt than to face what we deserve.
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The Man Who Hated Austria
Thomas Bernhard’s splenetic style lives on in Michel Houllebecq and others.
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