President James Monroe and Republican Virtue
Whatever his failings as an imaginative thinker, President James Monroe’s own convictions were rooted deeply in the spirit and the letter of the U.S. Constitution. As he…
The Prog Rock Collector
Given that progressive rock tends to be literary and intelligent, it should not be shocking that there are also many great books coming out about the genre.…
Eric Voegelin’s Search for Order
No creature in all of creation has it as difficult as do humans. Being flesh as well as spirit, humans share in the natures of both the…
Eric Voegelin’s Gnosticism
In my previous essay, “Eric Voegelin: A Primer,” I had the privilege to offer a brief sketch of this German intellectual’s life and thought. In this essay,…
Eric Voegelin: A Primer
Of all the major non-leftist thinkers of the twentieth century, Eric Voegelin (1901-1985) remains, perhaps, the most difficult to understand. While some of his ideas simply pop…