Tag: Thomas

In Honor of Mr. Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday ~ The Imaginative Conservative

Here are recommended essays regarding Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) on The Imaginative Conservative: Looking for Mr. Jefferson by Clyde WilsonThomas Jefferson’s Birthday by Clyde WilsonThe Jeffersonian Conservative Tradition by Clyde WilsonThomas Jefferson, Conservative by Clyde WilsonFrom Union to Empire by W. Winston Elliott IIIWas Thomas Jefferson a Philosopher? by Eva BrannThe Declaration of Independence: Translucent Poetry […]

The Ghosting of Thomas Jefferson ~ The Imaginative Conservative

The sanitizing of Thomas Jefferson has played a role in the crippling of public discourse. Nowadays, anyone who would discuss something so anodyne as political decentralization or states’ rights has to walk on eggshells, lest he find himself attacked and stigmatized by enforcers of political orthodoxy. We should question an American political establishment that obfuscates […]

America’s Dike Is Leaking (Op-Ed By Thomas Antkow)

Image Credit: Kara van Malssen / CC by Thomas Ankow [Special to The Tennessee Conservative] – As a small boy I loved tall tales and adventure stories. Fables intrigued me. From Aesop to Twain and everything in between I could surround myself in fantasy and adventure. Not for today’s children.  Today, everything has become a […]

St. Thomas Aquinas —The Imaginative Conservative

St. Thomas Aquinas has the rare quality of wanting to know all that can be said for the other side. He understands that you can’t find good answers. Before I discovered Shakespeare, the writer I most admired was St. Thomas Aquinas. Dazzling as Shakespeare is, I think I was right the first time. Apples and […]