Biography
Bawdy Premodern and Postmodern
RabelaisOne of my favorite writers, Albert Jay Nock, was a huge Rabelais fan. He wrote two books about him. From the first: It must be laid down once and for all, that the chief purpose of reading a classic like Rabelais is to prop and stay the spirit, especially inThe
1273: Apex of Western Civilization
December 6, 1273.
That's the date St. Thomas Aquinas had such an intense experience or vision during Mass, that he stopped writing.
For 35 years, Aquinas had used the written word to explain pretty much everything. He provided proofs of God's existence that atheists still struggle
Elvis: The Big Bang of Rock-n-Roll
Elvis Radio started on July 5, 2004, to help all recall the 50th anniversary of the big bang of rock and roll
Six Observations from a Habsburg Sympathizer
Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn might have been the world's most fascinating man
Cell Phones, Radio, and the Philosophy of Marshall McLuhan
Breaking down a 21st-century matter by bringing back a 1960s icon.
My first cell phone was the Motorola RAZR V3. That was in 2005.
I didn’t use it a lot at first, but it made me more accessible to my clients. I would often use it to return calls
Jeremy Clarke: A Great Reader
It's arguably the most popular column in Britain's oldest newspaper.
The "Low Life" column of The Spectator has entertained readers since 1975, when Jeffrey Bernard provided readers with, to quote Johnathan Meades, "a suicide note in weekly installments."
After Bernard's
Absinthe Minded
Barnaby Conrad III at the New Criterion
Blessed Henri de Lubac?
George Weigel at First Things
Why I am Now a Christian
Ayaan Hirsi Ali at UnHerd