Renaissance

Virtue vs. Virtue-Signaling

by James Hankins

Being elite now means holding a particular set of ideas, not a set of virtues. Virtue is signaled, not acquired.  Continue Reading »

The Rise of the Middle Ages

by Richard Rex

Johan Huizinga’s The Waning of the Middle Ages, as it was once known, is a hundred years old and has just been awarded the accolade of a magnificent centenary edition in a superb, fresh English translation. This lavishly illustrated volume marvelously enhances the reader’s encounter with a . . . . Continue Reading »

Teaching Christian Humanism

by Virgil Nemoianu

Once we’ve denounced the balderdash that all too often passes for teaching in contemporary American colleges, there still remains the question of what we ought to teach instead. Indignation is an insufficient alternative to the brutal secularization of the college curriculum. But some conservative . . . . Continue Reading »