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Solzhenitsyn and the Death of the West
The most influential political speech of the 20th Century
May 9
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Sean Berube
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Athenaeum Book Club
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Why You Didn't Receive a Real Education
What the liberal arts were meant to do to the soul
May 3
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Sean Berube
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278
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The Power of Beauty in The Lord of the Rings
Why beauty transforms you
Apr 26
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Beauty Matters
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Athenaeum Book Club
48
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Why You Must Become a Creator
Consuming too much is destroying you
Apr 19
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Beauty Matters
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Athenaeum Book Club
107
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Tolkien’s Guide to Living Through Dark Times
The philosophy of Samwise Gamgee
Apr 12
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Beauty Matters
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The True Meaning of Narnia
C.S. Lewis and the power of myth
Mar 24
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Athenaeum Book Club
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The Illusion of the Big Reset
Every year begins with the same strange illusion.
Dec 30, 2025
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Athenaeum Book Club
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The Last Honest American Writer
A story of work, dignity, and the American soul
Nov 4, 2025
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Athenaeum Book Club
59
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The Search for Truth
What does it mean to seek truth — and finally find rest?
Oct 16, 2025
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Monte Cristo’s True Villain
How reason itself became corrupted by evil
Sep 16, 2025
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Athenaeum Book Club
50
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13 Lessons I Learned from Reading Dostoevsky
Insights from literature’s greatest novelist
Sep 13, 2025
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121
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The Secret Lesson of Don Quixote
And the quest for meaning
Sep 2, 2025
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