The Golden Thread
Revitalizing the Western Tradition as a lived source of meaning.
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The Renaissance’s Own Alternative to Machiavelli
by James Hankins
Francesco Patrizi of Siena (1413-1494) was the most important political philosopher in the tradition of humanist virtue politics as well as a fine Latin poet (see last week’s post for an overview of his ideas). His short l...
American Independence in Performance
On April 17th, 2026, Livia Kam, the principal violist of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, interviewed me ahead of the PYO’s 86th Annual Festival Concert (May 31), in which I was participating as narrator. The concert, conducted by the PYO'...
Francesco Patrizi of Siena and Renaissance Virtue Politics
Francesco Patrizi of Siena (1413-1494) was the greatest political philosopher of the Italian Renaissance before the generation of Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527) and Francesco Guicciardini (1483-1540). He is the principal exponent of the hu...
Stravinsky’s Anthem – Banned in Boston
Composers of great classical music do not ordinarily wind up with mugshots. They may get bad reviews and mediocre performances, but not mugshots. But one of the twentieth century’s most famous composers in America did, and in Boston of all...
Who Is the Good Citizen?
On May 9, 2026, Allen C. Guelzo delivered the commencement address at Hampden-Sydney College. What follows is a transcript of his remarks.
In the summer of 1790, when the leaders of the Jewish synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, gre...
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