The Audacious 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 Bruce P. Frohnen. This new collection, On America: How to Understand the Legacy of 1776, is welcome and...
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...
@BethanyBlankley A prior Wilbur Fellow at @kirkcenter, Bethany is a syndicated journalist covering a wide range of issues in national politics. Join us on 11.19 at @PressClubDC in D.C. to celebrate Bethany’s fellowship award and other recipients including @VolokhC: https://buff.ly/AQdOQuA
And join us for the annual Gerald Russello Memorial Lecture in NYC on December 2