Essays

March 23, 2020

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Paul A. Cantor

Shakespeare and Classical Antiquity

The supreme playwright was indebted to the ancient world’s heroism as well as its eroticism. Jonathan Bate’s new book gets the story half right.
March 9, 2020

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Jared Morgan McKinney

Two Concepts of Peace

America is at a crossroads: pursue a peace of hierarchy or a peace of equality. History has shown that these paths lead in very different directions.
January 13, 2020

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Paul A. Cantor

Milch’s Last Stand: The Deadwood Movie

The TV series Deadwood was canceled before it could give fans a proper resolution. Now there’s a movie to tie up loose ends. Has the series finally achieved greatness?
December 16, 2019

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Michael Anton

The Great Tradition vs. Empire

Philosophy shows that imperialism—even the soft imperialism of globalist government—is the ruin of virtue.
December 9, 2019

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Stephanie Slade

Samuel Gregg’s Struggle for the West

A new book argues that the West built its civilization on a reasonable faith. Will modern pathologies, from Marxism to radical Islam, destroy it?
November 12, 2019

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Lee Edwards

Conservatism: The Fusionism of Prudence

Does fusionism have a future among conservatives in the 21st century? A historian of the movement says yes.
October 25, 2019

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F. H. Buckley

The Virtues and Vices of Nationalism

The are two kinds of nationalism: vertical and horizontal. Only one is worthy of America.
October 14, 2019

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Matthew Robare

The Gothic Phoenix Burns but Never Perishes

The fire at Notre-Dame this past April reminded us of both the fragility of our civilization and the enduring power of beauty
October 7, 2019

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Steven Fairchild

The Colors of Enlightenment

Krzysztof Kieslowski’s now-classic film trilogy has much to say about the fraught relationship between personal identities and a commerce-driven, transnational State
September 23, 2019

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Robert Dean Lurie

Hope Beyond Technique: On Jacques Ellul

The French polymath renowned for diagnosing technology’s evils found a cure not in more technology but in God

Essays

Shakespeare and Classical Antiquity

Two Concepts of Peace

Milch’s Last Stand: The Deadwood Movie

The Great Tradition vs. Empire

Samuel Gregg’s Struggle for the West

Conservatism: The Fusionism of Prudence

The Virtues and Vices of Nationalism

The Gothic Phoenix Burns but Never Perishes

The Colors of Enlightenment

Hope Beyond Technique: On Jacques Ellul

Science Fiction with a Soul

Moderation as Pursuit of Justice

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