Burke bids us stop and smell the roses here, and appreciate their thorns, then see the illiberality of the other sciences moderated with a fuller and more soulful humanity.More
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Homeschool Dances, Hiking in the Mountains, and Burke On Beauty
Some Billie Jean and Rick Astley combined with perhaps too much lemonade, but made their telling of the whole business pure comedic gold, and their mother and I laughed until we cried.More
Book Review: ‘Edmund Burke: A Genius Reconsidered’ by Russell Kirk
Arguing for ordered liberty, Burke understood that human freedom cannot be unlimited and abstract. It has to be tempered with reasonable restraint in order to live to a fruitful end.More
When Good Men Do Nothing
Summary Amidst all the talk of judges, legislators, government officials, and media personalities failing to do justice or investigate fraud and illegality when it comes from certain sectors, I am reminded of a famous quote from Edmund Burke. “All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” Was Edmund…More