Kirk saw poetry, fiction, tradition, and restraint as essential to understanding America and preserving its character. In his review of "On America," @cjscalia explores Kirk’s vision of the founding, statesmanship, literature, and the enduring ideas that have shaped the republic.
"Even at the height of his success as a translator, [Fagles] was a gentleman of the old school: quiet, gentle, understated, never thrusting himself into the spotlight. He simply did his work well..." — John Byron Kuhner on Robert Fagles
Decades ago, Robert Nisbet anticipated many of today’s concerns about loneliness, bureaucracy, and declining community. Luke C. Sheahan (@lsheahan) revisits the ideas behind those warnings and their relevance today. lawliberty.org/robert-nisbet…
Questions about first principles have become fashionable again. @HorcherF and @DanJTPitt apply generosity to smooth contention between intellectuals and politicians, they embrace the tension between theory and practice, and they highlight the power of particularity as a source of political wisdom. - @shawn_whatley on INTELLECTUAL CONSERVATISM: FROM BURKE TO SCRUTON
ICYMI, my most recent essay is at @ubookman@lsheahan revisiting L. Brent Bozell's impassioned and devastating critique of judicial supremacy and modern judicial review, "The Warren Revolution," 60 years later: kirkcenter.org/reviews/brent…
"Ferenc Hörcher and Dan Pitt... seem timed to match this shift in popular discourse. Intellectual Conservatism offers a history of English political ideas to a new and motivated audience. Limiting focus on Britain paradoxically enhances the book’s usefulness in other countries."
So pleased at the opportunity to publish with @ubookman@HorcherF and @DanJTPitt crafted a fantastic book, eminently practical outside of Britain.
I hope it gets the attention it deserves.👇👇
📖 BOOK REVIEW 📚️
JMC's Executive Assistant to the President Matt Riffe reviews @MichaelAuslin's "National Treasure: How the Declaration of Independence Made America," for University Bookman. Read the ull @ubookman review here👇️ buff.ly/dJM7xXX