Tag Archives: conservative

The Struggle for the World

Posted on April 25, 2021 by Joel D. Hirst

James Burnham was the most influential conservative intellectual you’ve probably never heard of. Oh, I suppose if you are of a previous generation, or if you are yourself (or strive to be) an intellectual, you probably have run across the … Continue reading →

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“After The Flight 93 Election” – A Book Review

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Joel D. Hirst

Most of humanity lead lives of quiet desperation. Yes, I think I’ve heard that somewhere… We awake, we go to work, we fight with a colleague or eat too much for lunch and then back home fighting traffic – feed … Continue reading →

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GenZ: Hegel and the Anti-Millennials

Posted on March 11, 2018 by Joel D. Hirst

We never consider ourselves to have gotten old. Age creeps up on all of us, that proverbial ‘thief in the night’; and before you know it you are deep in online calculators, counting the days until your little boy goes … Continue reading →

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Who the Hell is Milo?

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Joel D. Hirst

Pop culture is not something that occupies my concerns a great deal. I do not live for the latest story of who is sleeping with whom; my imagination is not seized by the lifestyles of this or that know-nothing with … Continue reading →

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Cicero – And Our Liberal Conservatism

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Joel D. Hirst

“Long before our own time, the customs of our ancestors molded admirable men, and in turn these eminent men upheld the ways and institutions of their forebears. Our age, however, inherited the Republic like some beautiful painting of bygone days, … Continue reading →

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