Essays
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Russell Kirk’s Unfounded America
To him, the Revolution was “not made but prevented.”
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Canadian Conservatism, American Populism
Division need not defeat the North American right.
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A Hayekian Defense of Ordo Amoris
J. D. Vance is right: charity begins at home.
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How to Defeat DEI
There’s a better option than simply discriminating for the other side.
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On Tradition
It’s a formidable form of knowledge that deserves defending.
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Markets, Morality, and Civil Society
Our economy offers the temptation to chase vice but also the freedom to develop virtue.
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The New AI Alchemists
Elon Musk & Co. aren’t the first to believe they can transform nature.
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The Architecture of Servitude and Boredom
From 1982: Why the “architecture of the bureaucrats” prevailed, and what to do about it.
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Classical Education’s Thriving Counterculture
There should be more schools like Cardinal Kung Academy.
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The Unmutable Morrissey
The former Smiths frontman’s “cancellation” is complicated.
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