Coleman McCormick

Topic / tradition

4 posts
August 22, 2025 • #

We do not merely study the past: we inherit it, and inheritance brings with it not only the rights of ownership, but the duties of trusteeship. Things fought for & died for should not be idly squandered. For they are the property of others, who are not yet born.

— Roger Scruton , How to Be a Conservative
October 17, 2024 • #

Gratitude is how we maintain the fragile, critical systems of relationships that come to our rescue when things go bad. Strong institutions get that way through the effortful work of the grateful to nurture them on.