Modern Age

Founded in 1957, Modern Age is THE forum for debate and discussion of the most important ideas of concern to conservatives of all stripes. Published by @ISI.

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“In the History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides identified war’s most common motivators as fear, honor, and interest—all of which are based in each instance on human perceptions. Doctrines, theories, and general laws can shape those perceptions, but in the end it is human agency that decides for peace or war.”

Francis P. Sempa: https://t.co/4YY1Lfnx0E

[Jeremy Christiansen @TradVat2]

A worthwhile piece here by @nmosvick

[Byron Smith @Byron4Tradition]

Gorsuch's Conterfeit Creed.
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https://t.co/LsOmL1qFzf

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Can the U.S. escape the Thucydides Trap with China?

Francis P. Sempa: https://t.co/uHOTuh0vfc

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Neil Gorsuch wades into the “creedal nation” debate while promoting his new children’s book on the Declaration of Independence.

Here’s where he gets it wrong, says @nmosvick: https://t.co/9jJPiw5upT

[Craig Colgan @CraigColgan]

The @nytimes consensus machine takes a few drones to the bow of its ridiculously bad top 30 songwriters list, via Mike Long, @mikewrites. Hey @rickbeato you are right. Very.

[Robert VerBruggen @RAVerBruggen]

This is the best thing you'll read about That List.

[Dr. Nicholas Mosvick @nmosvick]

My latest at @ModAgeJournal @ToryAnarchist @Hannah_Cristine takes on Justice Gorsuch and his defense of the "creedal nation" with aid from the venerable Forrest McDonald and his understanding of the "vast intellectual melange" of the Founding: https://t.co/OKyrkbozRj

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“Neil Gorsuch has made a splash lately doing rounds of interviews to promote his new children’s book on the Declaration of Independence. But his view of history leaves little room for nuance or complexity.”

@nmosvick: https://t.co/9jJPiw5upT

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Marshall McLuhan described the birth of the print age.

@moveincircles and @DrGeneCallahan discusses what will happen when it dies.

https://t.co/VBWfopF1yM

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It’s just semantics—or is it?

Richard Weaver on C.S. Lewis, from the archives: https://t.co/kM5ucuofTO

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If the nation-state was built on books, what will emerge from TikTok?

@DrGeneCallahan and @moveincircles discuss: https://t.co/VBWfopEtJe

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“Writing a song is like writing a play, a poem, or a symphony: The creator sets out elements for a performer to interpret. These are different jobs even when they are carried out by the same person.”

@MikeWrites on what’s wrong with the New York Times’s Top 30 Songwriters list: https://t.co/t6BIjrJvuI

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Human nature makes the case for executive power—within limits.

F. H. Buckley on Madison’s Constitution: https://t.co/qLG2wFU6SD

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“The problem with the New York Times’s ‘30 Greatest Living American Songwriters’ list isn’t a matter of taste. The problem is that the article doesn’t actually rank people who excel at the craft of writing songs.”

@MikeWrites: https://t.co/TTCrHl3jOM

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“C. S. Lewis traces what words of multiple signification have meant at various times and do mean in various contexts, and illustrates what he says out of a vast erudition.”

Richard Weaver on a book of etymological delights: https://t.co/kM5ucunI4g

[Ferenc Hörcher @HorcherF]

We're responsible for academia:
"I do not think that academia is by definition the field of progressives...It is one of the oldest institutions of the West... It depends on ... us, professors and the gatekeepers of academia, how far a diversity of views can appear in this field".

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Maciej Wilmanowicz's review with yours truly, about intellectual conservatism. Link below.

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“‘Conscious’ and ‘conscience’ were once so near in meaning as almost to excuse the college freshman’s habitual mistaking of the one for the other.”

Richard Weaver on C. S. Lewis’s fascinating book on etymology: https://t.co/kM5ucunI4g

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Has conservatives’ skepticism of ideology left them without well-articulated philosophical foundations of their own?

Maciej Wilmanowicz interviews @HorcherF in our latest issue: https://t.co/rqV0Lg8vVJ