The New Beginning: Bradley Birzer

The Christian Humanism of J.R.R. Tolkien (essay by Bradley J. Birzer) https://t.co/zal1U3Jt69
— ImaginativeConservat (@imaginativecons) November 7, 2020

Imaginative Conservative

Friday, October 23, 2020

"This is Conservatism"

We asked @roddreher, @DouthatNYT, @Heminator, @bradleybirzer, @KJTorrance, @JosephBottum, @fbuckley, @JZmirak, @WriterJonLeaf, @heymiller, @gracyolmstead, @kmanguward, @AnthonyMBarr et al. for their ideal *fictional* presidential candidate. Enjoy. https://t.co/FVhe58ImS8
— Modern Age (@ModAgeJournal) October 22, 2020

Thursday, October 08, 2020

Birzer on Nisbet

Not a fan of Birzer, but this will probably worth listening to.

“We begin our public affections in our families. No cold relation is a zealous citizen...The love to the whole is not extinguished by this subordinate partiality.” My interview with @bradleybirzer on Robert Nisbet, Burke, #decentralization, #localism. https://t.co/Ax4G8APmmP
— M Matheson Miller (@mmathesonmiller) October 8, 2020

The Moral Imagination

Friday, September 18, 2020

Ten Conditions of Revolution?

Robert Nisbet’s Ten Conditions of Revolution (essay by Bradley J. Birzer) https://t.co/hMW4lfpa8x
— ImaginativeConservat (@imaginativecons) September 18, 2020

Imaginative Conservative

Monday, September 07, 2020

Matt Stewart Interviews Bradley Birzer

Brass Spittoon: Bradley Birzer on Christian Humanism by Matt Stewart | https://t.co/3w82waGBb1 pic.twitter.com/7ntd4jKcdA
— Front Porch Republic (@FrontPorchRepub) September 7, 2020

Matt Stewart interviews @bradleybirzer about his new book, BEYOND TENEBRAE: CHRISTIAN HUMANISM IN THE TWILIGHT OF THE WEST. https://t.co/3w82waGBb1 pic.twitter.com/0JVRVNcyp4
— Front Porch Republic (@FrontPorchRepub) September 7, 2020

Angelico Press

Saturday, September 05, 2020

Nock and Nisbet on Society and State

Nock and Nisbet on Society and State (essay by Bradley J. Birzer) https://t.co/WWUUYElD6X
— ImaginativeConservat (@imaginativecons) September 5, 2020

Imaginative Conservative Related:

You might be interested in this Russell Kirk review essay of Quest for Community. The recent Pepperdine online event reminded me of Nisbet so I just posted this as the Classic Kirk essay of the month: https://t.co/YWT0iOR8I1
— Cecilia Kirk Nelson (@CeciliaKNelson) September 4, 2020

Friday, August 28, 2020

Robert Nisbet's Conservatism

Robert Nisbet’s 11 Tenets of Conservatism (essay by Bradley J. Birzer) https://t.co/n9aABZ4Ajh
— Winston Elliott III (@WinstonElliott3) August 28, 2020

Robert Nisbet’s 11 Tenets of Conservatism (essay by Bradley J. Birzer) https://t.co/htWGllMvMc
— ImaginativeConservat (@imaginativecons) August 28, 2020

Imaginative Conservative

Friday, July 31, 2020

Hillsdale Radio

The new @HillsdaleRadio is now available! I'm joined by Matthew Spalding @HillsdaleInDC, Ken Masugi @JaffaneseAm, & @hillsdale's Paul Rahe talking Alexis de Tocqueville https://t.co/WCU5WotJAi
— Scot Bertram (@ScotBertram) July 31, 2020

Bradley Birzer:

"While I agree that conservatism is not, nor ever should be, a political label, I am far less certain that it should be loathed or dismissed." https://t.co/ZhQ9mq8zwO
— The American Conservative (@amconmag) July 31, 2020

Sunday, May 10, 2020

And Of Our Right to Not Associate?

The First Amendment is not enough, nor is the original assumption that states should be sovereign.

TAC Bookshelf: TAC Bookshelf: Defending Our Constitutional Right to Associate

Bradley J. Birzer, TAC fellow-at-large: Our fundamental right to associate with whom we please—in our families, in our churches, in our schools, in our businesses, and in our fraternal orders—is under assault. That’s the argument made by Luke C. Sheahan in his excellent new book, Why Associations Matter: The Case for First Amendment Pluralism (University Press of Kansas, 2020).

The courts have progressively diminished just the idea of associating, even though they once espoused the “right to petition” and the “right to assemble” in the First Amendment as essential to a proper understanding of the Constitution. Sadly, recent court decisions have looked at the right to assemble merely as connected to free speech, thus only allowing association when the goal is to express some idea. Drawing on, fascinatingly, 19th-century political thought, as well as the work of Robert Nisbet, Sheahan properly re-orients the discussion in the present day, asking all the right questions and finding rather brilliant solutions. Why Associations Matter is a must-read and a must-own. If we lose the right to associate—beyond just expression—we lose our profound American identity.

University Press of Kansas: Why Associations Matter: The Case for First Amendment Pluralism
University Press of Kansas Blog: Luke C. Sheahan discusses “Why Associations Matter; The Case for First Amendment Pluralism”

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Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Do We Really Need Catholics to Praise Entertainment Products?

I have posted some trailers of things produced by Netflix -- does the good outweigh the bad? How can we diminish the powers of corporations to reshape culture if we continue to give them money?

The Brilliant and Profoundly Catholic Daredevil by BRADLEY J. BIRZER
Netflix has canceled the single best thing currently on the screen, big or small.