The Imaginative Conservative

J.R.R. Tolkien wrote that he “ever loved that noble northern spirit,” rooted in the myths and culture of Scandinavia, Germany and England, “and tried to present in its true light.” Indeed, he raised the noble north to the level of Athens and Rome, creating, in  “The Lord of the Rings,” an epic that stands alongside “The Iliad,” “The Odyssey”...

It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. ~J.R.R. Tolkien, “The Lord of the Rings”

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Is there hope for the American Republic? Of course, there is always hope, because America is built on timeless truths. Those truths can be mocked, ignored, distorted, or forgotten, but they remain true nonetheless.

Any counsel to the stand out class of 2026 is rather simple: In the face of the wickedness of the times, stop, reflect and question. Have recourse to God and the Blessed Mother. One cannot be outstanding without grace, which makes up for shortcomings and leads to Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Way, the Truth and the Life.

In 2012, I had the privilege of meeting and hearing Daniel Hannan, a member of...