The Future of the Humanities
Declarations on the decline and fall of the humanities have been commonplace for the past 40 years but never as loud and sorrowful as now. Concern for…
Why Milton Friedman Still Matters
“Economic freedom is also an indispensable means toward the achievement of political freedom.” Milton Friedman, the Nobel Laurette economist who was eulogized as “the economist of the…
Year in Review
2024 marked yet another year of growth for VOEGELINVIEW, surpassing in views and readership the levels reached in 2023, which was the best year in site views…
Mozart and the Meaning of Christmas
Mozart is one of the greatest composers and musical geniuses who ever lived. This is not controversial. What is, however, is Mozart’s Catholicism. Not that Mozart wasn’t…
Singing Christmas With Rankin/Bass
Growing up, the 25 Days of Christmas on ABC Family was an essential part of the Christmas holiday. Among my favorite films that were often shown were…
Editor’s Commentary
As we approach the end of the year, it is with solemn sadness that as we approach the season of Advent that Glenn “Chip” Hughes passed away…
Augustine in the Shadow of Eve
“Augustine’s significance within the Western intellectual tradition is, in part, due to his lasting practical value.” More than any other patristic theologian, Saint Augustine remains a staple…
Where the Nereids Swim and Play
Where the Nereids swim and play On golden sand there I lay Under the sun, moon, and stars My heart does look from afar. Where the Nereids…
Power, Glory, and Vanity: The Politics of Romantic Poetry
“And on the pedestal these words appear: / ‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: / Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’ / Nothing beside…
Augustine’s Humility of Preaching
Saint Augustine is the towering figure who looms over western theology. Almost all people are familiar with his name through the Confessions, his semi-autobiographical work. Others know…
The Imperial Party Has No Clothes
Joe Biden’s candidacy and presidency was a promise to return to normalcy after one term of Trump’s erratic administration. Far from this return to normalcy, global chaos…
The Victorian Author Who Predicted Our Woke Future
When Edmund Burke penned his famous Reflections on the Revolution in France, he accosted the militant excesses of the revolutionaries for bringing death and destruction to a…
Our Man in Paris
Alexis De Tocqueville was not an American. But as a political observer and theorist, he is more American than any American; he is also the quintessential writer…
Scientizing Liberty: Gary Gindler’s Heroic Failure
When discussing political philosophy, it is important to be discussing political philosophy. Political philosophy is not “politics” as we use that term in societal parlance, and political…
Confronting the Gnostic Cosmos: Understanding Eric Voegelin
On March 12, 1938, German soldiers began crossing the border between Germany and Austria. It was an invasion. The Austrian government was in total disarray. Pro-Nazi sympathizers…