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Kirktober 2025: James Panero and Adam Simon on the Haunted House
October 28, 2025
On Tuesday, October 28, at 6:00 PM, you are invited to join University Bookman editor Luke Sheahan, Hollywood screenwriter Adam Simon, and New Criterion executive editor James Panero, as they explore the theme of the haunted house in gothic literature and its relationship to conservative thought and imagination.
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Morality in Adam Smith
“Liberty in the Smithian sense was not exercised by utility-maximizing atoms but by relational creatures in community. Klein… shows that the advent of Smith-inspired liberal political economy was grounded in natural jurisprudence and moral philosophy.”
The Travels of the Ever Sesquipedalian William F. Buckley, Jr.
“Before technology turbocharged our lives, Buckley noted in 1995 that ‘everyday life moves fast.’ However, he learned that ‘a sailboat forces you to slow down…'”
Non-Western Conservatism
“…Robinson manages to trace the genesis and development of conservatism in Russia across three very different epochs.”
The Personal Foundation of Reality
“…the source of reality itself must be personal in some way. As Rasmussen puts it: ‘A big thesis, then, that emerges from my inquiry is this: reality is deeply personal…”
Our Republic and How We Lost It: Philip Hamburger on the Structure of Self-Government
“For decades, Philip Hamburger has been writing penetrating analyses of Americans’ descent from citizens of a constitutional republic to subjects, not of a soft, but of a ‘sinister’ despotism.”
A Cure For Boredom
“Kevin Hood Gary’s book… is an important contribution to the Aristotelian tradition, which emphasizes the importance of how human beings use their free time.”
Communism: Product of the Fallen West
“The reason the Western world should fear Communism, according to Sheen, is not because it is a strong force but rather because the West is weak due to the fact that it has turned away from God and morality.”
Institutionally Preaching the Gospel: The Right Words Are Necessary
“…[Alvaré] offer[s] a detailed road map for conveying more compellingly the truth of Church teaching about difficult matters of human sexuality and why it requires Church institutions to behave differently.”
Choosing a Currency
“…White succeeds in presenting the complexity of money and its purpose in a way that is both informative and friendly to the general reader.”
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition.