Category: Patriotism
Policing the World ~ The Imaginative Conservative
By Walter McDougall Benjamin Harrison insisted America’s truly dangerous enemies were not Great Powers abroad but a lapse of integrity and purity at home. He believed republicanism would spread in the world by “sympathy and emulation” and feared the harm Americans might do to… Continue Reading “Policing the World ~ The Imaginative Conservative”
Among the Paynim: Afghanistan in Perspective – The Imaginative Conservative
By Stephen Masty The lesson for American conservatives is this: Shrink the size and aspirations of government at home and abroad; shun future foreign entanglements as General Washington advised; but keep cooperating more closely with Afghans and stick it out for America’s own lasting… Continue Reading “Among the Paynim: Afghanistan in Perspective – The Imaginative Conservative”
Virginia’s American Revolution: From Dominion to Republic ~ The Imaginative Conservative
By Kevin Gutzman The American Revolution proceeded simultaneously on two levels: the state and the federal. While federal reform was essential, and while Virginians took the lead in achieving it, the state-level activity of those years struck contemporaries as more important… — Read on… Continue Reading “Virginia’s American Revolution: From Dominion to Republic ~ The Imaginative Conservative”
Why American Democracy Is Worth Defending ~ The Imaginative Conservative
By Alexander Salter What is American democracy, and why is it worth defending? The current political climate, in which democracy is increasingly (and troublingly) equated with populism, compels us to reflect on this question… — Read on theimaginativeconservative.org/2019/08/american-democracy-alexander-salter.html
Ambassador Johnny Young: A Eulogy ~ The Imaginative Conservative
By Joseph Mussomeli He was just plain, old “Johnny” even when he was a four-time ambassador. His Christian humility seemed to gain luster with each promotion and award. He lived life with tremendous passion and deep reverence. Johnny Young was so full of life… Continue Reading “Ambassador Johnny Young: A Eulogy ~ The Imaginative Conservative”
Sacred Truths in a Profane World ~ The Imaginative Conservative
By Sir Roger Scruton By and large the educated elites in the Western world today are without religious belief and often animated by what I call a “culture of repudiation,” keen to banish old ideas of the sacred from public life and to remake… Continue Reading “Sacred Truths in a Profane World ~ The Imaginative Conservative”
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