A Scholar for all Seasons
Flannery O’Connor and the Church Made Visible: A Revolutionary Witness for the Sake of the Gospel By Ralph C. Wood. Baylor University Press, 2024. Hardcover, 181 pages, $42.99. Reviewed by Henry T. Edmondson III. Ralph C. Wood, over his long and remarkable career,...
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, 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...
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,...
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 Roots of American Order as the Foundation for a New Fusionism
The Roots of American Order as the Foundation for a New Fusionism David D. Corey, Ph.D. Professor of Political Science in the Honors Program & Director, Baylor in Washington (Baylor University) Bradley J. Birzer, Ph.D. Professor of History & Russell Amos...
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
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 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...
A great review of my collection of poetry @ubookman which highlights that "poetry has always been about love—about the heavens and the burning passion of the human heart." Read the review, then read and enjoy the music of poetry and let your heart soar!
https://kirkcenter.org/reviews/following-dantes-footsteps/