Lost Causes and Gained Causes
Russell Kirk’s Legacy After 15 Years When conservative man of letters Russell Kirk (1918–1994) died nearly 15 years ago, he had been honored by Presidents and friends great and small, quoted by the learned, and lauded as the author of one of the seminal works in...
Remembering Russell Kirk
Russell Kirk was born 90 years ago last October, and in 2009 we remember the 15th anniversary of his death. Conservatism has changed, and changed again, in the intervening years. The mid-1990s were the years of the Gingrich revolution in the Congress, and of Patrick...New Interview
The Bookman has posted a new exclusive interview with M. Edward Whelan, III president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, on judicial activism and other topics.Original Meaning and Judicial Restraint
An Interview with M. Edward Whelan III The University Bookman is pleased to present this exclusive online interview with M. Edward Whelan III, President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C. Mr. Whelan, a lawyer and a former law clerk to Supreme...Is Conservatism Dead?
A symposium in response to “Conservatism is Dead” by Sam TanenhausIs conservatism dead? Sam Tanenhaus has recently published an essay in The New Republic arguing that conservatism is indeed dead, at least the conservative “movement” as American politics has known it....Nash on Conservatism’s Future
Senior Fellow and historian George Nash provides his insights on the future of conservatism in this article from the Intercollegiate Review.Audio and Video Lectures on the Internet
The John M. Olin Online Lecture Library at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute hosts several lectures about Russell Kirk and his influence as well as more than twenty-five audio lectures by Russell Kirk. C-SPAN also hosts several videos with Russell Kirk. ISI The...Richard John Neuhaus, RIP
We join in the mourning of the passing of Fr. Richard John Neuhaus. As the founding editor of the journal First Things, he personified the engaged believer, whose role in a pluralist society he so ably defended in his work. It is not too much to say that he changed...New Interview on Technology
The Bookman has posted a new exclusive interview with Christine Rosen, whose work focuses on our unquestioned assumptions about technology and its effects on our humanity.
There are metaphorical hills on which I would be willing to die. The Oxford comma is one of them.
So easy to forget that the best way to educate yourself is to read great works of literature and philosophy, then talk about them. Bring back the salon!