The Imaginative Russell Kirk
On America: How to Understand the Legacy of 1776 By Russell Kirk. Edited by Michael Lucchese. Creed & Culture, 2026. Hardcover, 234 pages, $28. Reviewed by Christopher J. Scalia. There’s no such thing as a bad time to read Russell Kirk, but America’s 250th year...
Remembering Robert Fagles: From Suffering to Meaning
The Odyssey By Homer. Translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 1999. Paperback, 541 pages, $19. The Aeneid By Virgil. Translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2008. Paperback, 496 pages, $19. The Oresteia. By Aeschylus. Translated by Robert Fagles....
Coming Home
The American Odyssey: What an Ancient Story Reveals about our Divided Souls By Patrick J. Deneen. Creed & Culture, 2026. Hardcover,198 pages, $26.00. Reviewed by Alexandra Bevins. In American Odyssey, Patrick Deneen draws from political theory, classics, American...
Ideas Matter Now More Than Ever
Intellectual Conservatism: From Burke to Scruton Edited by Ferenc Hörcher and Daniel Pitt. Routledge, 2025. Hardcover, 246 pages, $133. Reviewed by S.D. Whatley. Until recently, good government meant the administration of things and the management of competing...
America’s Treasured Declaration
National Treasure: How the Declaration of Independence Made America By Michael Auslin. Simon & Schuster, 2026. Hardcover, 368 pages, $30. Reviewed by Matt Riffe. In a year in which the Declaration of Independence is front and center, it is easy to overlook...
Kirk saw poetry, fiction, tradition, and restraint as essential to understanding America and preserving its character. In his review of "On America," @cjscalia explores Kirk’s vision of the founding, statesmanship, literature, and the enduring ideas that have shaped the republic.