Literature

In Defense of Dark Humor  

Dark humor, in the right context, can be a powerful remedy against the numbness to evil that humans can so often develop

Tolkien, Technology, and Geopolitics 

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

How Liberals Hijacked Language

Conservatives must become more attentive to how the use and abuse of the English language shapes politics and culture

To Read Is Human 

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

Recovering Great Books Education for International Affairs

The study of the Great Books is excellent preparation to understand the theory and practice of international relations

George Orwell Knew What Made Shakespeare Great

Today, on the anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth and death, it’s worth revisiting George Orwell’s great defense of Shakespeare against Leo Tolstoy

Why History & Social Science Cannot Substitute for Classic Fiction

Great literature remains indispensable in the formation of the statesman and the citizen

Milton Friedman Misrepresents Adam Smith

Milton Friedman, though greatly enamored with Adam Smith, misrepresented Smith’s concept of self-interest

The 2024 Election: The Scandalized Presidency, Kairos, and Christian Response 

Despite the limits on Executive power, the American President still represents the country, Chesterton explains.

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