Quote of the Week: Thomas Molnar, “Utopia, the Perennial Heresy”
“In his desire to start from the ‘unspoiled beginning,’ the utopian feels he must clear away what has gone before, that is, everything from the…
Tradition
Thinking Right About Pop Culture: Kye Fleming and Dennis Morgan – I was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool
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,…
Quote of the Week: Cory Bernardi, “The Conservative Revolution”
“Historically the male role has been seen to be one of protector and breadwinner. In many instances they have also served as the authority figure…
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,…
Conservative Tales No. 2: Tradition as Language
Last Christmas I had to undertake the awful task of combing the bowels of a ‘shopping centre’ to find some inexpensive ‘stocking fillers’ for my…
Classicism: Its Theory and Practice
I. The Question Anyone possessed with a literary enthusiasm has read a poem written in the last half-century or so that made them wince with…
Not Your Traditional Idea of Education
Some would regard it as a brilliant piece of modern advertising. It is personal, crisp, direct. It carries a simple and effective message: “Oh come…
William of Cloudeslee: Who is He?
In an effort to educate my eldest boy as to his heritage, I decided to read to him from a book that I ‘salvaged’ entitled Hero-Myths…
Quote of the Week: G. K. Chesterton, “Orthodoxy”
“Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking around. All democrats object to men being…
Quote of the Week: John Kekes, “A Case for Conservatism”
“Natural conservatism values and aims to protect the tried and true; both together, because the tried alone may have little in its favor and much against…