Claiming the Classical Tradition
The Black Intellectual Tradition: Reading Freedom in Classical Literature By Angel Adams Parham and Anika Prather. Classical Academic Press, 2022. Hardcover, 272 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by Sean C. Hadley. Classical Education finds itself at the heart of a serious...
The Definitive Guide to the Irish in the Modern World
On Every Tide: The Making and Remaking of the Irish World By Sean Connolly. Basic Books, 2022. Hardcover, 528 pp. $35. Reviewed by John P. Rossi. Writing about the Irish diaspora, especially as it relates to those Irish who emigrated to the United States, has...
The Geography of the Peace at Eighty
The Geography of the Peace By Nicholas John Spykman. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1944. By Francis P. Sempa. As the United States pours more resources into the Ukraine War and the conflicts in the Levant, our policymakers could do worse than reflect on a book written...
Remembering Russell Kirk on the 30th Anniversary of his Passing
Remembering Russell Kirk on the 30th Anniversary of his Passing This present life here below, Kirk had perceived often in his mind’s eye, is an ephemeral existence, precarious, as in an arena rather than upon a stage: some men are meant to be gladiators or...
Russell Kirk and Japan: Enamored by the Dead
By Hiro Aida These remarks were delivered on April 19, 2024, at an event hosted by the Japanese Consulate in Miami and the Russell Kirk Center at the 60th Anniversary of The Philadelphia Society in Tampa, Florida. “How kind of you to send me a copy of Ugetsu...
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...
Is Life Worth Living?
By Russell Kirk (October 19, 1918 – April 29, 1994). This excerpt from the concluding chapter of Kirk’s third-person autobiography is reprinted here in commemoration of the thirtieth anniversary of Kirk’s death. In some ages, what Thoreau says is true:...
Professor Hiro Aida speaks on Russell Kirk and Japan in Tampa, Florida
Professor Hiro Aida speaks on Russell Kirk and Japan in Tampa, Florida On April 19 and 21, Professor Hiro Aida of Kansai University gave two lectures sponsored by the Russell Kirk Center and the Japanese Consulate-General in Miami. These lectures were designed to...
Recovering the Person
The Apocalypse of the Sovereign Self: Recovering the Christian Mystery of Personhood By Gil Bailie. Angelico Press, 2023. Paperback, 336 pages, $22.95. Reviewed by Robert Grant Price. One question of the moment is whether the West can survive without Christianity as...
A Christmas Carol is great literature. Ghosts are a must for Christmas.