Interview with George H. Nash
Why did you choose the path of the independent scholar as opposed to a university professor? In 1975, when I was on the job market for my…
Russell Kirk: American Conservative
Russell Kirk: American Conservative. Brad Birzer. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. In the past decade and a half, a slew of biographies have been written about…
Is Anglo-American Conservatism Enough?
I Asking Is Anglo-American conservatism enough? is to presume that we already know what conservatism is and is to acknowledge it as good. But do we know…
The Monstrous Politics of Leo Strauss
But as perfect men I regard those who are able to mingle and fuse political capacity with philosophy. Such men, I take it, are masters of the…
Conserving America? Essays on Present Discontents
Conserving America? Essays on Present Discontents. Patrick J. Deneen. South Bend, IN: St. Augustine’s Press, 2016. The current political polarization in the country today can be…
The Way Back
The Way Back. F. H. Buckley. Encounter Books, 2016. The cover of F.H. Buckley’s most recent book depicts the Empire State Building enshrouded in clouds. With…
A Torch Kept Lit: Great Lives of the Twentieth Century
A Torch Kept Lit: Great Lives of the Twentieth Century. William F. Buckley with James Rosen, ed. New York: Crown Forum, 2016. James Rosen provides the…
The Conservative Rebellion
The Conservative Rebellion. Richard Bishirjian. South Bend, IN: St. Augustine’s Press, 2015. In The Conservative Rebellion, Richard Bishirjian warns that a “visionary politics” which extols a vision…
Why Liberals and Conservatives Will Never, Ever Agree
The Great Divide: Why Liberals and Conservatives Will Never, Ever Agree. William D. Gairdner. New York: Encounter Books, 2015. In this, his eleventh book, Canadian scholar…
A Dose of Realism for Conservative Politics
Perhaps as many as a dozen-and-a-half Republicans will line up over the next year in an effort to become President of the United States. If past experience…
A Spirited Defense: Our Liberal Order’s Conservative Foundations
The Conservative Foundations of the Liberal Order: Defending Democracy against Its Modern Enemies and Immoderate Friends. Daniel J. Mahoney. Wilmington, DE: Intercollegiate Studies Institute Press, 2008. …
Accepting the World’s Imperfections: Michael Oakeshott’s Conservatism
The Meaning of Michael Oakeshott's Conservatism. Corey Abel, ed. Exeter, U.K.: Imprint Academic, 2010. Michael Oakeshott has always been a bit outside the mainstream of the…