Luke Foster

Knight errant, moçambicano, would-be philosopher-poet. In Lumine Tuo Videbimus Lumen. PhD @uchicago. Professor @HillsdaleInDC. Opinions are mine alone.

[Luke Foster @gurueluke]

Very excited to see my wife @madeleine_post debut a new Substack project on the nobility and utility of the family, inspired among many others by Cicero, George Washington, Fustel de Coulanges, and Rémi Brague.

[MadeleineFoster @madeleine_post]

I’m launching a new publication on the family: The Vineyard. It’s all about the classical sources that root the American family in a serious political inheritance. Families need to recall this inheritance if they intend to survive.

https://t.co/DtnNEN2xei

[Collingwood 🇬🇧 @admcollingwood]

One of the most moving photographs I have seen in a while. Bringing back British shipbuilding would add a certain magnificence to our fine estuaries -- as well as noble, skilled, well paid blue collar work. Come on, it's not as if the Royal Navy doesn't need more boats.

[Luke Foster @gurueluke]

Delighted to appear alongside such friends delving into the relationship between beauty and political institutions! My contribution explores the very different positions of Charles Baudelaire, Irving Babbitt, and Cicero on how extraordinary individuals should view the crowd.

[Cosmos + Taxis @cosmosandtaxis]

Coming soon: The Aesthetics of Liberalism with @mlbitton, BLAKE SMITH, @gurueluke, JAMES ALEXANDER, ISHAAN JAJODIA, THOMAS CHEESEMAN, @HorcherF

Reviews by ALASDAIR MARSHALL, SALVATORE TAIBI, @ojelrodriguez, @EdwinvdHaar

https://t.co/djAzvHhU6I

[Atelier Missor @AtelierMissor_]

America is incredible!

[Catholic Canuck 🇻🇦🍁 @CatholicCanuck9]

An interesting aspect of Quebec's history that doesn't get touched on enough is the attitude of and towards French Canadians in the wake of the French Revolution.

I read a story of a Bishop proclaiming that Quebecs fall to British rule was a blessing in disguise, for the Crown gave the Quebecois protection to practice their religion, where as the same religion was being persecuted back in France.

[LiorLefineder @lefineder]

How many Roman cities survived the Dark Ages collapse?

Comparing a database of 405 Roman cities to a database of medieval cities, we can see that around 33 Roman cities survived as cities into the 8th century.

The rest — around 372 (92%!) — were destroyed or depopulated to become small towns or settlements.

[Luke Foster @gurueluke]

@schmedlaff Excellent news! And a very fitting choice.

[Luke Foster @gurueluke]

Martyrs are still being made in the modern world, if only we enter into silence and listen:

[Eric Anceau @Eric_Anceau]

Il y a 30 ans aujourd’hui , le 21 mai 1996, nous apprenions l’assassinat des moines de Tibhirine en Algérie.
Pour ceux qui ne l’ont vu, il faut voir l’excellent film de Xavier Beauvois Des hommes et des dieux qui raconte leur vie de prières et d’amour et leurs dernières heures.

[Luke Foster @gurueluke]

@schmedlaff I didn't realize! I need to read that. Since Fr. Schall is no longer with us, it would be great to bring Rémi Brague to DC to speak on his work on Islam.

[Luke Foster @gurueluke]

@HillsdaleRadio @ScotBertram Here's the original article at @ISI's Modern Age: https://t.co/H5j9j1NXLF

[Luke Foster @gurueluke]

ICYMI: @HillsdaleRadio's host @ScotBertram interviewed me on "The Spirit of a Gentleman." We discuss what's missing in modern dating, why Cary Grant isn't the paragon of gentlemanliness, office etiquette, and what Jane Austen might say to the ladies. https://t.co/MPzka7XHiI 33:45

[Hillsdale in D.C. @HillsdaleInDC]

Congratulations to our newest class of graduates who left Hillsdale College's 174th Commencement this past weekend with M.A. degrees in Government! Congratulations as well to WHIP alumni Ashley DeVore, George Washington Fellow and Co-Valedictorian; Patrick McDonald, Winston Churchill Fellow and Salutatorian; Ashley Poole, Truman Scholar, George Washington Fellow, and Outstanding Senior Woman; and Thomas Smith, newly commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the @USMC. We are proud of you all and look forward to what your futures bring!

A special thank you to @MrsErikaKirk, this year's Commencement speaker and Honorary Degree recipient.

[📜Echoes of Empire📜 @EchoesofEmpire_]

‘Lafayette We Are Here’ an American WWI poster.

[Luke Foster @gurueluke]

GK Chesterton describes Hector as the prototypical knight in the Everlasting Man. This is a key tradition to be recovered as we seek resourcement in Western letters. It is a greater victory not to equate greatness with power.

[G.S. Quay @hemingquay]

Yes but also:

- One of Arthur’s knights was named after Hector
- Charlemagne wielded Hector’s sword
- Romans, Britons, Franks all claimed to be descended from Trojan refugees

Hector is the Christian counter-myth that exists in tension with the great man tradition of Achilles.

[Luke Foster @gurueluke]

A real honor to have appeared on the Radio Free Hillsdale Hour!

[Hillsdale in D.C. @HillsdaleInDC]

ICYMI | @gurueluke on the spirit of a gentleman. Start listening at 33:26!

https://t.co/stIa0gaXBB

[Eric Anceau @Eric_Anceau]

Nos politiques français d’aujourd’hui sont incapables d’entendre les leçons de l’histoire qu’avaient très bien assimilées Péricles, Tocqueville, Gambetta ou De Gaulle :
Une nation qui a été grande court un immense danger lorsqu’elle se montre faible dans un monde hostile !

[Luke Foster @gurueluke]

@IVMiles Is Politics #3 now?

[Phillip Muñoz @VPhillipMunoz]

Harvard, apparently, is about to adopt a new policy to combat grade inflation. I devised my own anti–grade inflation policy 25 years ago. I’ve shared it with provosts and deans, to no avail. Here it is:
The Muñoz Plan Against Grade Inflation
The plan has three key components:

[Adrian Vermeule @Vermeullarmine]

The first bad take I have ever seen from this generally excellent account. The fascination of France is that it is the cradle of both the greatest saints and sinners, the greatest good and the greatest evil; both the “eldest daughter of the Church” and its most virulent enemy. For every Robespierre and Marat there is a St. Louis and a De Gaulle. It is as though it were appointed as the central locus for spiritual conflict.

[Miles Smith IV @IVMiles]

I find it nothing less than enjoyable that my college, my friends, and my understanding of the religious roots of American liberty love rent free in the mind of the @nytimes.