2015 Symposium – Thomas F. Bertonneau
Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs On Baudelairean Traditionalism I The Prelude Edwin Dyga invites a response to the question, Whither Conservatism – or rather “Quo Vadis,…
Education
Poor Student Thugs Cop-it from the Cops
Hard left juveniles from university campuses across Sydney were pepper-sprayed by police today at a “protest” against federal government education reforms that seek to deregulate…
Acknowledgment of Nation
Earlier today, we made the point of emphasizing the importance of asserting a robust and unapologetic national identity in the face of external threats, that this…
Quote of the Week: Joseph de Maistre, “Generative Principle of Political Constitutions”
“Those who have been happy to corrupt old institutions while preserving their external forms have perhaps done as much damage to mankind. Already the influence…
Quote of the Week: Irving Babbitt, “Literature and the American College”
“The humanism of the Renaissance was a protest against the excesses of the ascetic. Now that science aspires to be all in all, somewhat after…
Quote of the Week: Roger Scruton, “The Meaning of Conservatism”
“Of course, the old aristocratic society has vanished. But the vision of culture and public spirit survived for a while the society that engendered it….
Quote of the Week: Eric Voegelin, “Science, Politics and Gnosticism”
“As indicated, there has emerged a phenomenon unknown to antiquity that permeates our modern societies so completely that its ubiquity scarcely leaves us any room…
Thinking Right About Pop Culture: Dolly Parton – The Seeker
What follows are programme notes for the “Conservative Song” segment of Radio Carpe Diem compiled by Dominik Giemza. The notes were produced for a broadcast of Monday,…
Can the Internet Really Change the Language?
Linguists like David Crystal are now claiming that the Internet, that new, impersonal force of the 21st Century, is able to change the language over…
Misandry: The Hate That’s OK
Let us engage in a small social experiment. Hands up those of you who know what “misandry” means. A couple of hands? That’s it? All…