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We take, and must continue to take, morally hazardous actions to preserve our civilization. We must exercise our power. But we ought neither to believe that a nation is capable of perfect disinterestedness in its exercise, nor become complacent about particular degrees of interest and passion which corrupt the justice whereby the exercise of power is legitimatized.

Reinhold Niebuhr

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Ex Tenebris (Audio) by Russell Kirk, Foreword by Vigen Guroian.

Russell Kirk’s ghostly tale is narrated by David Schock in this 67-minute CD audio that helps us think about tradition and the role of governments and neighbors.

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Cover image via AmazonUpon the Altar of the Nation: A Moral History of the Civil War by Harry S. Stout.

Harry S. Stout examines the conflict of ideas wrapped up in the Civil War, exploring the lethal mix of propaganda and ideology that came to justify slaughter on and off the battlefield.