Cracking the Code to Civilization
The Code of Man: Love, Courage, Pride, Family, Country (2nd Edition) By Waller R. Newell. Independently Published, 2025. Paperback, 240 pages, $14.99. Reviewed by Clifford Angell Bates, Jr. Waller R. Newell’s The Code of Man: Love, Courage, Pride, Family, Country (2nd...
Celebrating the 2025 Richard D. McLellan Prizes
Celebrating the 2025 Richard D. McLellan Prizes On November 19, 2025, the Russell Kirk Center gathered at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. with a full crowd for the second annual Richard D. McLellan Free Speech Prizes gala honoring 2025 grand prize winner...
The American Political Novel: All The King’s Men
The American Political Novel: All The King’s Men Dr. David Hein, Ph.D.Distinguished Teaching Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center X Dates: August 6 – 9, 2026Faculty: Dr. David HeinLocation: The Russell Kirk Center Description:This is an immersive seminar...
Knights, Heroes, and Patriots: Howard Pyle and the Shaping of the American Moral Imagination
Knights, Heroes, and Patriots: Howard Pyle and the Shaping of the American Moral Imagination About your Instructor:Dr. David P. Deavel (Ph.D., Fordham) is an associate professor and chairman of the department of theology at the University of St. Thomas in Houston,...
This is good. I’d like to see a follow up piece on Wood’s The American Revolution and on Power & Liberty. Also, maybe some comment on the essay in The Idea of America that walks back the claim in Creation that 1789 marked the end of classical
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“Anton’s book, and his entire worldview, stand as direct challenges to elite preferences and institutions: Okay, boomer, what next?”
Quite the review of Michael Anton's book from Brad Watson in @KirkCenter's @ubookman. https://kirkcenter.org/reviews/a-man-for-all-seasons/