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Redeeming the Tyranny of Merit

Harrison Pitt November 18, 2021

Our institutions of higher learning nevertheless reveal how, even within a formal meritocracy, entrenched privilege can co-exist with an appearance of fairness. When the lower rungs of the ladder are kicked away by those already on top, social mobility grinds to a halt and the meritocratic promise loses its capacity to inspire.

The Statesman: A Solitary Path of Courage

Daria Fedotova November 16, 2021

It is customary for a politician to chase popular opinions, putting partisan interests first and shying away from confrontation. However, Castlereagh was not a politician, but a statesman: an undaunted leader who took a stand when it mattered, carried the burden of power with pride and confidence, sacrificed everything for his country, and established Britain’s role for decades to come.

Hungarian Friends, Stick with Us!

Michael O’Shea October 28, 2021

Despite the challenges it faces, the U.S. is still the best option to help maintain the age-old balance of national identity and power.

Saint Pius V, the Pope of Lepanto

Roberto de Mattei September 15, 2021

The defence of Christendom against the Turks—together with the fight against heresy—was a dominant feature of the pontificate of Pius V.

The Virtue Contest

Daria Fedotova August 13, 2021

The manipulations of the Left are easy to avoid if one does not try to prove one’s virtue using social media.

The Historical Imagination of Christopher Dawson

Glen Austin Sproviero July 8, 2021

Christopher Dawson is an enigmatic character in the history of Western thought. No scholar of his generation was a greater champion of the idea of

The Centenary of Northern Ireland

K.V. Turley July 7, 2021

The northern Irish state was born in 1921 as a political compromise. The circumstances of its birth bear certain similarities to the issues and conundrums thrown up by Brexit 100 years on.

On Religious Freedom: An Interview with Augusto Del Noce

Editorial Staff July 1, 2021

Augusto Del Noce was a distinguished Italian philosopher and political thinker.

Lesson’s from Spain’s Imperial Decline

Kurt Hofer November 20, 2020

Seventeenth century Spain is one of history’s more ostentatious and luxuriant contradictions—a gorgeous oxymoron.

Norman Stone (1941-2019)

Anthony Daniels July 8, 2019

Professor Norman Stone, the renowned historian who died aged 78 on June 19 this year, was an outstandingly colourful figure on a British intellectual landscape that has long had an accelerating tendency to the flat, dull, monochrome, and ideologically uniform. Norman Stone spoke his mind and lived as he pleased, for which he was both […]

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Redeeming the Tyranny of Merit

The Statesman: A Solitary Path of Courage

Hungarian Friends, Stick with Us!

Saint Pius V, the Pope of Lepanto

The Virtue Contest

The Historical Imagination of Christopher Dawson

The Centenary of Northern Ireland

On Religious Freedom: An Interview with Augusto Del Noce

Lesson’s from Spain’s Imperial Decline

Norman Stone (1941-2019)

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