The Golden Thread
Revitalizing the Western Tradition as a lived source of meaning.
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Confessions of a Technophobe, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI – Part 1
Thousands at his bidding speed and post o’er land and ocean without rest.
–Milton
Everybody now is afraid of AI. Cases have been reliably reported where experimental AI bots have escaped their “sandboxes” and, unbidden, attacked riva...
Lincoln in Manchester – Part 2
This is Part 2 of a two-part series.
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If nineteenth-century Liberals in England applauded Abraham Lincoln as one of their own, Americans returned the compliment for Lincoln’s great allies in parliament, Richard Cobden an...
Lincoln in Manchester – Part 1
Why is there an Abraham Lincoln statue in Manchester? Certainly not because Abraham Lincoln’s British forebears left any noticeable roots in the Midlands when they departed for New England in the seventeenth century. And certainly not becau...
The Republic and the Democratic Ideal
In June 2026, James Hankins sat down with Aaron MacLean, host of the School of War podcast, at Engelsberg Ironworks, Sweden, during the Engelsberg Seminar On Political Order and the Future of Democracy. The main focus of their conversation...
The Revival of Dialectic, 1000-1200 – Part 3
This is Part 3 of a three-part essay.
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The problem of universals had been around ever since Plato. But the medieval dialecticians argued over this matter to such fine degrees that it has often been thoughtlessly treated...
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