Won’t Someone Please Think of the Cancer?
The phrase ‘I’m only intolerant of intolerance’ seems as silly as ‘the only thing we have to fear is fear itself’. They’re both sort of…
Libertarianism
Quote of the Week: Anthony Ludovici, “A Defence of Conservatism”
“The opposition of a great conservative like the Seventh Earl of Shaftsbury to the Reform Bills of 1832 and 1867, and the Ballot Act of…
Essays on the Frankfurt School, Part V: Distributism
The final essay in this series will address the question of government. And, of course, more will be left unsaid than said thereby: we’ve not…
The Dangers of “Enlightened” Foolery
“If two consenting adults want to live together in close union and can find a consenting minister of religion to bless their union, who are…
Essays on the Frankfurt School, Part IV: Natural Rights
“I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way.” — Robert Frost One of the most…
Quote of the Week: Cory Bernardi, “The Conservative Revolution”
“The very notion of true liberty is often difficult to grasp because it tends to be measured according to subjective values that can differ widely…
The Demise of Being Independent
Today I had the misfortune of finding out that yet another independent book seller is on the brink of closure. It seems to me that…
Quote of the Week: Irving Babbitt, “Democracy and Leadership”
“Now the doctrine of enlightened self-interest is not itself superficial. It has been held by profound thinkers like Aristotle and Buddha. But the self that…
Quote of the Week: Jesse Helms, “The Ramparts We Watched”
“So, in a very real sense, the character of government is largely an inverse reflection of the character of the people. The weaker the people,…
Quote of the Week: Theodore Dalrymple, “In Praise of Prejudice”
“Rights expand to meet the egos of those for whom freedom is nothing but unconstrained action (The only good that deserves the name, says Mill,…