Opinion

It’s a shame we’re not in the classroom these days, because the pandemic would be the perfect subject for discussion in a liberal arts university. Indeed, I would suggest it is precisely because of the […]

The late Sir Roger Scruton (1944-2020), perhaps the greatest conservative philosopher of our age (though he often remarked that there was not much competition around), was my mentor. Scruton was my teacher during my Master’s […]

As quoted by Andrew Stuttaford in a recent  review in the Wall Street Journal of three new books about the Third Reich, Ernst Lubtisch, the distinguished Hollywood director and German-Jewish emigré, replied to a question […]

It’s important to understand that the recent and sometimes violent protest marches in hundreds of American cities were made possible by a larger, and more destructive march through American society that began decades ago. The […]

He who is not angry when there is just cause for anger is immoral. Why? Because anger looks to the good of justice. And if you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral […]

It is sometimes said that tyranny is when the people fear their government; liberty is when the government fears the people. The pandemic has made this real. Government officials locking down cities and towns, deeming […]

As the commercial core of the city creeps back to life, university campuses, like houses of worship, remain eerily still and silent. Ordered early in the crisis to shut down, they have decided to remain […]

“Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” This Jesus said to one who wished to see his father safely laid to rest, and […]