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It’s been nearly a quarter of a century since the passing of intellectual historian and “master of letters” Russell Kirk, but his influence, far from waning, seems to be increasing. This year marks what would have been his 100th birthday, and there have been celebrations in Washington, D.C.; New York City; New Haven, Connecticut; and his hometown of Plymouth, Michigan, at which conservative leaders have acknowledged his signal contributions to the modern American conservative movement.

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The impact of modern conservatism has been profound: for example, renewed public skepticism about Big Government; lower rates of violent crime and child poverty thanks to conservative initiativeslike welfare reform; and, in the wake of 9/11, a prudentialinternationalism. Through the power of its ideas and the unceasingdissemination and application of those ideas, the conservativemovement has become a major, and often the dominant, player in thepolitical and economic realms of America.

The Neomercantilists should be on the shelf of every skeptic of globalization.

Many conservatives behave as if their job is merely to slow the advance of progressivism, or—at best—block it from gaining more ground. But according to Willmoore Kendall, this isn’t enough. They must work to extirpate progressive advances on the American constitutional order and replace them with sound political and moral principles.

A recent New York Times article claimed that poetry is “dead.” The argument is not new, but since ...

Why are America's plutocrats funding efforts to weaken our democracy and replace it with plutocracy and oligarchy? Is it just about money? Or is there something much deeper that most Americans rarely even consider? An extraordinary investigative...

Whittaker Chambers, a veteran Soviet spy who became, in William F.Buckley Jr.'s words, "the most important American defector fromCommunism." This April marks the 100th anniversary of Chambers'birth.

The Republican Party of the early 21st century is barely recognizable. What is its future?

My estimation of Russell can best be summed up by an incident that occurred several years ago.