The Formless Void of the Therapeutic

The Formless Void of the Therapeutic

The Philosophy of Philip Rieff: Cultural Conflict, Religion, and the Self Edited by William G. Batchelder, IV and Michael P. Harding. Bloomsbury Academic, 2025. Hardcover, 324 pages, $115. Reviewed by Albert Norton, Jr.  We should care about the philosophy of Philip...
Thales College Essay Contest Winners

Thales College Essay Contest Winners

Thales College, a liberal arts and professional education institution based in Raleigh, North Carolina, hosted an international essay contest for high school students. In line with its tradition of publishing rising thinkers alongside established humane voices, The...
Thales College Essay Contest Winners

Individualism for the Greater Good

Thales Essay Contest: First Place By Alexander Luna. One of the great things about Americans is their ability to overcome great obstacles. This nation was founded by the union of thirteen squabbling colonies, who, with one of the most ragtag armies in history,...
Thales College Essay Contest Winners

Me to We: Changing the I-llusion

Thales Essay Contest: Second Place By Evie Lee. Walk into any modern coffee shop and you’ll see dozens of people, each in private bubbles of headphones and laptops, together yet completely alone. The carefully choreographed distance between strangers isn’t...
The Truth About Fusionism’s Founder

The Truth About Fusionism’s Founder

The Man Who Invented Conservatism: The Unlikely Life of Frank S. Meyer  By Daniel J. Flynn.  Encounter Books, 2025.  Hardcover, 440 pages, $41.99. Reviewed by Bill Meehan. One rainy afternoon in June, I finally got around to reading the first section of Confessions of...
A Fellow of Infinite Jest

A Fellow of Infinite Jest

Fool: In Search of Henry VIII’s Closest Man By Peter K. Andersson. Princeton University Press, 2023.  Hardcover, 224 pages, $27.95.  Reviewed by Jesse Russell. No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;  Am an attendant lord, one that will do  To swell a...
Participants Explore The American Political Novel

Participants Explore The American Political Novel

Participants Explore The American Political Novel This July, the Russell Kirk Center’s new School of Conservative Studies hosted its first in-person seminar, “The American Political Novel,” welcoming a select group of scholars and professionals to Mecosta. This...
Buckley at 100: The Redhunter, William F. Buckley, Jr.

Buckley at 100: The Redhunter, William F. Buckley, Jr.

McCarthy and His Enemies: The Record and Its Meaning By William F. Buckley, Jr. and L. Brent Bozell. Henry Regnery Co., 1954. Hardcover, 425 pages. The Committee and Its Critics: A Calm View of the House Committee on Un-American Activities By William F. Buckley, Jr....