Russell Kirk

The Whig Case for Toryism

American conservatives can learn from our Tory forerunners the importance of reverence and order, realism and romance, and ultimately the poetry that is the soul of our civilization

Spirits in Tension: Liberty and Religion 

Contra the idea of Christian nationalism, SBTS professor John Wilsey argues that America has always held religion and liberty together in tension

Halloween is a Conservative Holiday

Though not often thought of as a conservative holiday, Halloween reminds us that we are bound by life and death in an eternal contract to those who have died and those yet to be born

Remembering Russell Kirk, 30 Years Later

On the 30th anniversary of the death of Russell Kirk, his memory is needed more than ever

Potemkin Pillages: Putin As Cultural Grave-Robber

When our own statue-toppling Western culture-warriors seek to empty our museums and metaphorically shoot busts of our own national heroes through the skull here at home, they should consider the implications. Revisionist culture-wars may one day prevent nations from defending themselves properly in real shooting-wars.

On the “Medieval Question” 

American conservatives have a paradoxical relationship with the Middle Ages – a relationship which today has reemerged as a fascinating cleavage on the American right.