Nationalizing Conservatism

Nationalizing Conservatism

Conservatism: A Rediscovery by Yoram Hazony. Regnery Gateway, 2022. Hardcover, 256 pages, $29.99. Reviewed by John G. Grove In the introduction to The Conservative Mind, Russell Kirk defended his choice of Burke as the originator of modern conservatism: “If one...
Introducing Luke C. Sheahan, editor of the University Bookman

Introducing Luke C. Sheahan, editor of the University Bookman

The Russell Kirk Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Luke C. Sheahan, a professor of politics at Duquesne University, as the fifth editor in the history of The University Bookman. As former editor Gerald Rusello did in his time, Luke represents both...
The Present Age of Babel

The Present Age of Babel

By Jonathan Yudelman This essay is part of a symposium on the thought of French political thinker Chantal Delsol in light of her latest book, La fin de la Chrétienté or The End of the Christian World. Chantal Delsol’s thought-provoking thesis that we are at the...
The Present Age of Babel

The Return to Paganism

By Chantal Delsol This essay is part of a symposium on the thought of French political thinker Chantal Delsol in light of her latest book, La fin de la Chrétienté or The End of the Christian World. Christianity was the instigator and guide of Western civilization, the...
Transcending the ‘Good Old Days’

Transcending the ‘Good Old Days’

Last Summer Boys: A Novel by Bill Rivers Lake Union Publishing, 2022 Paperback, 285 pages, $14.95 Reviewed by Ashlee Cowles Nostalgia is a word often used in reference to works of fiction like Ray Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine and Stephen King’s novella “The Body,” which...