Joseph L. Pappin III is Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina. He is author of The Metaphysics of Edmund Burke (1993) and has been editor of Studies in Burke and His Time since the journal’s revival in 2002.
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.