Kirk in Traverse Magazine
John J. Miller has a lovely article about Dr. Kirk and his life and legacy in the January issue of Traverse Magazine, now released online. Take a look.The Measure of Abraham Lincoln
“Whatever the result of the convulsion whose first shocks were beginning to be felt, there would still be enough square miles of earth for elbow-room; but that ineffable sentiment made up of memory and hope, of instinct and tradition, which swells every man’s heart...Education and the Information Revolution
The major ceremonies of the academic community have traditionally been the fall convocation and the spring commencement. This year Russell Kirk, a nationally recognized historian, author, educator and political theorist, played an important role in Grand Valley’s...Enlivening the Conservative Mind
The wittiest of our public men, Eugene McCarthy, remarked a few months ago that nowadays he uses the word “liberal” as an adjective merely. That is a measure of the triumph of the conservative mentality in recent years—including the triumph of the conservative side of...
I think this little bit of background knowledge will be helpful to anyone who reads the recent review of our book from @ubookman @KirkCenter .
Gerald Russello and the Art of Memory---Dr. Dermot Quinn. "Churches, buildings, monuments, gravestones, customs, habits of thought: none of them make any sense without the historical grammar by which to interpret them."