What We’re Reading
Beowulf. “Thus commenced the struggle.” Beowulf is the most famous Old English poem, a classic of heroic poetry and a work that spurs debate over the meaning…
God’s Scarecrow
The people stood by and watched; The rulers, meanwhile, sneered at him ~ Luke 23:35 Husk and shell of yourself, and yourself only nothing But so…
The Half-Girl
Sit down with me and settle in. In just a moment, we’ll begin. It’s hard work to tell these tales. It’s harder work to listen well, But…
The Second Reality of Spiritual Pathology
In 1964, at the University of Munich, Eric Voegelin conducted a series of lectures entitled Hitler and the Germans, in which he presented an extensive examination of…
Educating for Virtue
What is the purpose, the philosophy, of education? Most people agree that education is important. Dissatisfaction with the current state of education isn’t evidence of animosity toward…
Futurism and the Global Market State
The age of the nation-state is over. Some may not want to hear this, but it is true. National states still exist in a legal framework, but…
The Back Side of the Sun
When I cry with bitter tears, such that if you happen to wash in their pool I fear you may get poisoned, don't send your reasonable questions…
The Hundred Sounds of the Wood
I would sleep better knowing I was near to The hundred sounds of wood Wood carved, cut, sawed, splintered Soft wood snapped underfoot, Hard wood cracked by…
St. Augustine’s Concept of Love (Agape) and Political Rule
Saint Augustine’s concept of agape—divine, selfless, and unconditional love—occupies a central position in both his theological vision and his political philosophy. Distinguished from other forms of love,…
In the Name of Progress: The Abolition of the Family and the Crisis of European Civilization
Since the years of the Cultural revolution, the Western world — and not only the West — has faced rapid changes and challenges that have transformed and…
Finding Light in the Darkness
For his most recent book The Kingdom of Cain (2025), Andrew Klavan received an endorsement from Eric Metaxas and was invited to the latter’s “Socrates in the…
Donate: Giving Week
VOEGELINVIEW is free to read but depends on the generosity of its readers to ensure the highest quality of cultural and intellectual commentary is given to the…
An Interview with David Conte
Thomas J. Philbrick: The first piece of yours I came across was the second string quartet. In your comments on that quartet, you said that string quartet…
According to Zuckerman
Life is the adventure of losing your way: how wise that sounds, such a reassuring anapaestic paradox, but is it true or merely clever? The adventure may…
Four for Just One
1 What use, what reason, can there be In loving like this, where there is No certain promise of equal return? But expressed, written out like this,…