December 11, 2018
December 03, 2018
3 things to understand about President George H. W. Bush
There are few men who define an era, a school of thought or anything of the sort. There are even in smaller numbers those who, once dead, give us a feeling that along with them a whole era comes to an end. Continue Reading...
November 21, 2018
5 stages of liberty: How the pilgrims found flourishing
In our reflections on the story of the pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving, we encounter a range of emphases across religious, cultural, and political divides.
For some, it’s a tale that points us to the power and importance of religious and political liberty. Continue Reading...
November 19, 2018
Conflict and resolution: Charles de Gaulle’s understanding of ‘nation’
In an article written for Public Discourse, Samuel Gregg. Acton’s director of research, reviews Julian Jackson’s recent book about General Charles de Gaulle. The book clearly communicates the idea that “de Gaulle’s conception of France as a nation had a very specific character.” Continue Reading...
November 01, 2018
Bolsonaro versus Brazil’s elites
In his book Sovereignty (1955), the French philosopher Bertrand de Jouvenel observed that one of the significant phenomena in the construction of the modern state was the concentration of the means of communication in the hands of a few. Continue Reading...
October 29, 2018
Jaime Balmes: A Liberal-Conservative?
This article is written by León M. Gómez Rivas and translated by Joshua Gregor. It was originally published by RedFloridaBlanca and is republished with permission.
It was with great pleasure that I received the invitation to contribute to this brief commemorative series on a great Catalonian—and therefore Spanish—thinker of the 19th century. Continue Reading...
October 29, 2018
Audio: Russell Kirk on Lord Acton’s approach to liberty and revolution
This is the eighth in a series celebrating the work of Russell Kirk in honor of his 100th birthday this October. Read more from the series here.
Russell Kirk had a profound influence on the conservative mind and movement—offering a rich and compelling vision of ordered liberty and cultural imagination necessary to sustain it. Continue Reading...
October 29, 2018
The slow death of liberation theology in Brazil
The Sandinista Revolution (1979 – 1990), which sought to transform Nicaragua into a new Cuba, was well-known for many things, including the way in which it highlighted the new alliance between the Latin American Communist movements and liberation theologians. Continue Reading...
October 26, 2018
How Christian Marxism took root in Brazil
1968 was a year of intense change for the world. Anyone who lived it may have thought the world was being engulfed by the waters of revolution. Across the world, students took to the streets promising to destroy the political system. Continue Reading...
October 24, 2018
The enduring influence of Russell Kirk’s ‘The Conservative Mind’
This is the seventh in a series celebrating the work of Russell Kirk in honor of his 100th birthday this October. Read more from the series here.
Back in the glory days of the Reagan years, I considered myself a rather hard-core libertarian. Continue Reading...
