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Political Philosophy

A collection of 47 issues

William Cobbett: Radical

Plough publishes pretty pieces. This piece about the 19th-century radical William Cobbett is the latest. It discusses the centralization of agriculture that took place in England in the early 1800s and Cobbett's resistance (which made him one of GKC's heroes; he wrote a biography about

Conservatives and the Culture

Claes Ryn, from Catholic University. A collection of his essays have just been published. The collection appears largely to recount the problem that conservatives have long been aware of: they abandoned the cultural field to the enemy. Shortly after World War II (others might date it back to 1900; others,

Reign of the Administrators

By Theodore Dalrymple at City Journal

Tired of Being Chumps

What happens when the people who have been the backbone of America realize the system is rigged against them and stop supporting it?

Libertarian Biographies

Brad Birzer reviews a new book about major figures in the libertarian tradition. Needless to say, I now want to buy it, but I'm holding back. I had a drink with one of Birzer's friends a few weeks ago. I think he's probably less

Classic Dalrymple

Nock Summary

Re: Albert Jay Nock's Our Enemy, the State. I think this minor classic boils down to a handful of points: 1. State power comes at the price of social power. If the state will take care of something, then people won't. As social power collapses, so