Hunting and Weaving: Empiricism and Political Philosophy
Hunting and Weaving: Empiricism and Political Philosophy. Thomas Heilke and John von Heyking, eds. South Bend, IN: St. Augustine’s Press, 2013. Thomas Heilke’s and John von…
The North American High Tory Tradition
The North American High Tory Tradition. Ron Dart. New York: American Anglican Press, 2016. In his 1965 book, Lament for a Nation, political philosopher described the…
A Canadian View of the U.S. Election
Give to love your hearth and hall. But do not give advice at all. -Phyllis McGinley The American election is steadily drawing closer, and our new…
Crisis in Liberal Education and Liberal Democracy: A Canadian Perspective
Liberal Education, Civic Education, and the Canadian Regime: Past Principles and Present Challenges. David W. Livingstone, ed.. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2015. There is…
Legends of the Calgary School: Their Guns, Their Dogs, and the Women Who Love Them
Barry Cooper is a formidable scholar, well known for his work in political philosophy, especially the study of Eric Voegelin, as well as for several influential books…
The Ascendancy of Crown Government in the U.S.
The Once and Future King: The Rise of Crown Government in America. F.H. Buckley. New York: Encounter Books, 2014. A national book chain in Canada has…
The Intellectual Courage of Harold Innis
Emergence and Empire: Innis, Complexity, and the Trajectory of History. John Bonnett. Montreal-Kingston: McGill-Queens University Press, 2013. It is said that students at the University of…
Hunting and Weaving: Empiricism and Political Philosophy
Earlier this year I was in Dublin to take part in the presentation of a Festschrift to Brendan Purcell. David Walsh, one of the editors, remarked that,…
It’s the Regime, Stupid!
It's the Regime, Stupid!: A Report from the Cowboy West on Why Stephen Harper Matters. Barry Cooper. Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2009. Only a political theorist…
The Ministry of Love
The War on Hate: The Past and the Future of Political Correctness and Liberty Alexis de Tocqueville thought the future democratic despotism would degrade men without tormenting…
The Kafka-esque Kommando of Kanada
With respect to Mark Steyn and McLean's magazine and Canadian hate law I have done some digging and what follows might be of interest to those not…