Rediscovering Kirk

Wilfred M. McClay

Given the confused and dispirited state of American conservatism at the present moment, it is high time for a Russell Kirk revival.

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From Anti-War Pastor to Pro-Life Priest

Wilfred M. McClay

A new biography captures Richard John Neuhaus’s deep sense of vocation and the complexity of his personality.

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Wall Street Journal / March 30, 2015

On the Need for Erasure

Wilfred M. McClay

The omnivorous, placeless, and decontextualized permanence of the Internet contrasts sharply, even jarringly, with the ephemeral and whimsical and personal and intimate character—some of it potentially embarrassing and even damaging—of so many of the things we are posting on it.

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The High-Low Coalition

Wilfred M. McClay

A new book argues that liberalism has proven to be the mortal enemy, rather than the generous friend, of the middle and working classes.

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Claremont Review of Books / March 3, 2014

Still the Redeemer Nation

Wilfred M. McClay

The ceaseless quest for redemption in politics and culture may be one of the chronic infirmities of American national life, but it ultimately speaks well of who we are as a people.

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The Wilson Quarterly / April 30, 2013

Remarks by Wilfred McClay: American Culture and the Presidency

Wilfred M. McClay

George W. Bush’s Evangelical Conservatism: Or, How the Republicans Became Red
Part of the American Culture and Democracy, Fall 2004 Lecture Series
Wednesday, February, 23, 2005

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