Readings
Liberty
David Kemp, “Freedom and the Achievements of Western Civilisation”
Review of Jennifer Burns’ “Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right”, Policy Magazine
Margaret Thatcher, “Liberty and Limited Government“, The 1996 Keith Joseph Memorial Lecture
Review of Victor Davis Hanson’s “Why the West Has Won“, Spectator
“Top Ten Pro-Liberty Books of the Decade“, Atlas Foundation
Australian liberalism
Robert Menzies on liberalism in Australia, Menzies Research Centre
Bill Stacey, “Libertarianism in Australia’s ‘New Enlightenment” Mannkal Economic Education Foundation
Australian history
Excerpt from David Neal, “The Rule of Law in a Penal Colony: Law and Power in Early New South Wales”
Review of Peter Cochrane’s “Colonial Ambition: Foundations of Australian Democracy” Quadrant
John Roskam on Peter Cochrane’s “Colonial Ambition: Foundations of Australian Democracy“, IPA Review
John Gascoigne, “The Enlightenment and the origins of European Australia” (Google Books preview)
Biography of George Reid, Australia’s first and last Free Trade Prime Minister, Australian Dictionary of Biography
History
Luke Slattery, “In Search of Civilisation’s Lost Classics“, The Australian
Review of Chris Wickham’s “The Inheritance of Rome: A History of Europe from 400 to 1000“, Spectator
James Kurth “Western Civilisation: Our Tradition“, The Intercollegiate Review
Kenneth Minogue reviews John O’Sullivan’s “The President, the Pope, and the Prime Minister: Three Who Changed the World“, New Criterion
Biography
Biography of St. Bernardino of Siena, Action Institute
John Morley, “Voltaire”
“Confessions of a Macaulay Fan“, Reason
Review of Doris Kearns Goodwin’s “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln“, New York Times
Obituary of Lord Harris, founder of the Institute of Economic Affairs, Telegraph
Political Philosophy
Robert Louis Wilken, “Augustine’s Enduring Legacy“, American Enterprise Institute
James Wood, “Tocqueville in America: The grand journey, retraced and reimagined“, New Yorker
Claude Polin, “Western Political Models and Their Metaphysics: The Two Political Philosophies of the West“, First Principles
Review of Pierre Manent’s “Intellectual History of Liberalism”
Economics
Review of Alejandro A. Chafuen’s “Faith and Liberty: The Economic Thought of the Late Scholastics“, Journal of Markets and Morality
“Why Adam Smith is important“, Adam Smith Institute
James Halteman, “Is Adam Smith’s Moral Philosophy an Adequate Foundation for the Market Economy?” Journal of Markets and Morality
Lawrence W Reed, “Myths of the Great Depression“, Foundation for Economic Education
Culture and the arts
Tony Staley, Tony Abbott & Peter Coleman, Comments at the launch of Peter Coleman’s “The Heart of James McAuley”, Institute of Public Affairs
Alexandra Mullen, “The artful Dickens“, New Criterion
Thomas Hoving (the former director of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art) nominates the greatest works of art of western civilisation
Religion
Extract of Thomas E Woods Jnr, “How the Catholic Church built Western Civilisation”
Review of George Weigel’s “The Cube and the Cathedral: Europe, America and Politics Without God“, IPA Review
Review of Ian Buruma’s “Taming the Gods: Religion and Democracy on Three Continents”, Spectator
Ehsan Masood, “Islamic Reformers“, Prospect Magazine
Future challenges for Western Civilisation
Mark Steyn, “Does Western Civilisation Have A Future?“, Institute of Public Affairs
Tom Switzer, “The fall of a civilisation“, Spectator Australia
