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A Revived Cultural Christianity?
“Wolfe reminds us that renewal in America is a matter not only of private faith, but of a public Christian spirit which is patriotic and grateful for our ancient Christian civil order.”
Reclaiming Our Cities
“As an introduction to many important ideas, Beyer excels in explaining concepts on urban affairs in a clear, accessible way… As a practical guide to transforming cities, though, it has flaws and room for improvement.”
Victims as Heroes: The Aesthetic Challenge of Sound of Freedom
“The solution to the problem is not simply more and stronger government agents bashing down doors… but the work of communities and individuals advocating and interceding in a variety of ways.”
The Perennial Relevance of Edmund Burke
“…a putative freedom outside of the moral norms of the Christian religion (whether expressed as liberalism, socialism, communism, or some versions of conservatism) is quite a different thing to the real freedom to which human beings have, in Burke’s thinking, a natural right.”
The Inadequacy of Burke in Part
“…even those with a just passing knowledge of Burke know that… he is famous for… his skepticism, very qualified acceptance, and sometimes vehement denunciation, of rights-talk in general and of politics grounded in ‘natural rights’ or ‘rights of man’ in particular.”
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…”
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