Conservatism
A selection of recent articles on this topic
JB: 4.28.06 It is death by philosophy…
It is death by philosophy, it is murder by decree, and the curiously named “freedom to die”…
MN 1.16.06 The village atheist…
The village atheist usually challenges believers in Providence to answer a couple of devastating questions. One of…
RJN: 11.23.05 I am back from Madrid…
I am back from Madrid where I gave the final address at the VII Congreso Católicos y…
Christopher Lasch and the Limits of Hope
Christopher Lasch’s untimely death in 1994 deprived America of its most loving critic, a man who in…
While We’re At It
• It is thought to be a very potent plus if your favored cause has about it…
Alone in the Academy
I was starting the second year of a Ph.D. program in U.S. history at the University of…
Liturgical Dance Notes
Balletic slim with gently nubile curves And sweetly graced extensions of long limbs” They sway, step, bend…
Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002
Joseph Conrad prefaced one of his novels by announcing that the task of a writer is, “by…
Lincoln on Judicial Despotism
After the Supreme Court’s landmark 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education ordering the desegregation of…
On Modernity and Train Wrecks
Our Jody Bottum—I say “our” because I’ve never quite accepted his defection to the Weekly Standard—gets into…
What Is Left of Socialism
Karl Marx—a powerful mind, a very learned man, and a good German writer—died 119 years ago. He…
Leonardo’s Incessant Last Supper
Within three years of its completion, Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper began to flake and fade.…
Briefly Noted 42
Fascism and Communism by françois furet and ernst nolte. translated by katherine golsan, with a preface by…
Let Us Pray
Regular readers will recall that I have, from time to time, had occasion to remark on the…
A Better Concept of Freedom
On October 31, 1958, Isaiah Berlin gave his inaugural lecture as Chichele Professor of Social and Political…
