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On this, The Feast of St. Francis
The autumnal coolness—just on the edge of the dying summer—is in the air, and it feels good. Very cool, very refreshing against my face. The leaves are just starting to turn color, and the smell of dust lingers in the air.
October has alwa...
The Ethics of Socrates
When someone—and, in 2026, it’s likely nearly everyone in the world of academia and in the world at large—gets cynical about the meaning and essence of Western civilization, I get very upset and find the criticisms maddening. There’s no dou...
Lecture Updates
Dear Substack Readers, a happy first full day of fall! I love—absolutely love—this time of year. The colors, the smells, the gravity of it all.
If you’re interested, here are some recent lectures of mine:
Blessings, Brad
Western Myth: From Aeneas to Batman
[Dear Substack Reader, greetings! It’s a Friday night in Hillsdale, and my wife and I had a wonderful dinner with our oldest daughter. Before midnight hits, though, I want to get this posted. As you might know, tomorrow is Batman Day! The 8...
Talk Talk’s Laughing Stock at 35
[Dear Substack Reader, it’s a strangely wet late summer day here in Hillsdale. Usually, the second half of September is already very autumnal, but not today. I hope it’s beautiful wherever you are.
Classes have been going extremely well, a...
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I'm the Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies and Professor of History, Hillsdale College. I love my family, my college, western civilization, American history, the American West, biography, photography, and progressive rock music.
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