Quote of the Week: Richard Lebrun, “Joseph de Maistre: An Intellectual Militant”
“Much of the strength of a traditional society lies in the factor that its structure and values are unquestioned – indeed unquestionable. It is only…
Moral Order
Brazilian Founder of Femen renounces Feminism, Embraces Christianity
The founder of Brazil’s ‘chapter’ of the international pornographic protest movement Femen has renounced feminism, embraced pro-life politics, apologised to Christians and expressed a desire to…
Quote of the Week: Robert Lewis Dabney, “Discussions”
“These attempts to do the impossible illustrate the most absurd enterprise of all: the attempt of our modern materialistic infidels to abolish religion. The Commune…
Quote of the Week: Adam L. Tate (on Nathaniel Tucker), “Conservatism and Southern Intellectuals”
“Moral behavior, a central component of society, rested on the strength of the will. Tucker called the human will ‘the master of DESTINY.’ For Tucker,…
Quote of the Week: Luke Torrisi, Address at the University of Technology Sydney
“The first thing about the enduring moral order is that […] it’s got to be something that is permanent, it’s got to be something that…
Quote of the Week: Alisdair MacIntyre, “After Virtue”
“It is always dangerous to draw too precise parallels between one historical period and another; and among the most misleading of such parallels are those…
Quote of the Week: Hans-Hermann Hoppe, “Democracy – The God that Failed”
“Let me now come to an evaluation of contemporary conservatism, and then go on to explain why conservatives today must be antistatist libertarians and, equally…
Thinking Right About Pop Culture: Barlow Girl – Grey
What follows are programme notes for the “Conservative Song” segment of Radio Carpe Diem compiled by Luke Torrisi. The notes were produced for a broadcast of 11…
Ark de Triumph: Review of “Noah” (Darren Aronofsky)
The Biblical epic of Noah and his Ark has been a childhood staple for generations of Sunday school going youngsters – the felt board classic,…
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…