The Intrinsic Argument for Free Speech
The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage By Jonathan Turley. Simon & Schuster, 2024. Hardcover, 432 pages, $30.99. Reviewed by Luke C. Sheahan. Free speech lurks amid many of the controversies of the last several centuries. From Charles I’s infamous...
Comments on Hiro Aida’s Speech on Russell Kirk and Japan
By Luke C. Sheahan. These remarks were delivered on April 19, 2024, in response to Hiro Aida’s comments on “Russell Kirk and Japan” at an event hosted by the Japanese Consulate in Miami and the Russell Kirk Center at the 60th Anniversary of The Philadelphia Society in...
The Christian and Classical Roots of American Order
The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics: Political Theology, Natural Law, and the American Founding By Kody W. Cooper and Justin Buckley Dyer. Cambridge University Press, 2022. Paperback, 225 pages, $34.99. Reviewed by Luke C. Sheahan. Nearly a half...
Cormac McCarthy Symposium
The Passenger and Stella Maris. By Cormac McCarthy. Knopf, 2022. Hardcover, 608 pages, $56. Cormac McCarthy was arguably America’s greatest living novelist. Last week, that ceased to be the case. McCarthy died in his home on Tuesday. In late 2022, McCarthy published...
The first piece in our special series focusing on Russell Kirk’s work on America is out! https://kirkcenter.org/reviews/what-the-american-revolution-secured-order-justice-and-freedom/ thank you @lsheahan @ubookman