I have struggled with trying to define Conservatism and what a Conservative is. I consider myself to be a Conservative and know what it means to me but it is difficult to put it into words without getting extremely lengthy.

In my studies I have come across the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal. Dr Russell Kirk is the only American to hold the highest arts degree (earned) of the senior Scottish university—doctor of letters of St. Andrews. He received his bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University and his master’s degree from Duke University. He received honorary doctorates from twelve American universities and colleges. Dr Kirk has published 32 books, hundreds of periodical essays and many short stories during his over 40 years in the thick of intellectual controversies.

The Hon. John Engler wrote:

“Russell Kirk has defended traditional values in a culture that restlessly seeks the shock of the new. Through numerous writings and lectures, conversations and seminars, he has taught Americans about America—about its deeply conservative habits, about the roots of its constitutional order, about the Burkean influence on our Founders.”