Dark humor, in the right context, can be a powerful remedy against the numbness to evil that humans can so often develop
Rebekah BillsSeptember 25, 2025
While gene-editing and all-seeing orbs belonged to the realm of fantasy in Tolkien’s own time, today these technologies have the capacity to fundamentally reshape societies and the global order of nations
Siobhan Heekin-CanedySeptember 19, 2025
Conservatives must become more attentive to how the use and abuse of the English language shapes politics and culture
Siobhan Heekin-CanedySeptember 10, 2025
Without the libraries of mind necessary to sustain deep thought, built up over a lifetime of reading, we will never be able to stretch beyond our finitude to a properly-ordered understanding of God and man
Nadya WilliamsSeptember 8, 2025
The study of the Great Books is excellent preparation to understand the theory and practice of international relations
Siobhan Heekin-CanedyApril 28, 2025
Today, on the anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth and death, it’s worth revisiting George Orwell’s great defense of Shakespeare against Leo Tolstoy
Michael LuccheseApril 23, 2025
Great literature remains indispensable in the formation of the statesman and the citizen
Collin SloweyOctober 23, 2024
Milton Friedman, though greatly enamored with Adam Smith, misrepresented Smith’s concept of self-interest
James RowellAugust 7, 2024
Despite the limits on Executive power, the American President still represents the country, Chesterton explains.
Randall FowlerJuly 30, 2024