Bruce P. Frohnen

Bruce P. Frohnen is a Senior Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal.

Bruce Frohnen

He is Professor of Law at Ohio Northern University College of Law and Editor of the Political Science Reviewer.

Dr. Frohnen holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Government from Cornell University and a J.D. from Emory University School of Law. A former Visiting Scholar with the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, he also served for more than five years as Legislative Aide and Speech Writer to United States Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI). He is the author of Virtue and the Promise of Conservatism: The Legacy of Burke and Tocqueville and The New Communitarians and the Crisis of Modern Liberalism. His volume, American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia (edited with Jeremy Beer and Jeffrey O. Nelson) was the subject of a front-page article in the New York Times. Among the other volumes he has edited or co-edited are The American Republic: Primary Sources, Rethinking Rights: Historical, Political, and Philosophical Perspectives (with Kenneth L. Grasso), and Community and Tradition: Conservative Perspectives on the American Experience (with George W. Carey).

Dr. Frohnen has published numerous articles and essays in journals including the George Washington Law Review, the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, the American Journal of Jurisprudence, and The Good Society. He serves as Associate Editor of Studies in Burke and His Time and on the editorial board of The University Bookman. He lives in Canton, Michigan, with his wife and two children.

A poor man, if he has dignity, honesty, the respect of his neighbors, a realization of his duties, a love of the wisdom of his ancestors, and possibly some taste for knowledge or beauty, is rich in the unbought grace of life.

Russell Kirk

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Wishing him well . . .

The Russell Kirk Center extends its good wishes to Edwin Feulner on his retirement as president of The Heritage Foundation. We have deeply appreciated his long-time support of Russell Kirk’s thought and look forward to Ed’s ongoing contributions to American public life. It is appropriate to highlight on this occasion this classic Feulner essay on the roots of modern conservative thought from Burke to Kirk (also available as a PDF). And watch shortly for a review of Lee Edwards’s new book, Leading the Way: The Story of Ed Feulner and the Heritage Foundation in the University Bookman.

May 2013

Conservative Mind at 60

This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of the publication of Russell Kirk’s influential book, The Conservative Mind. Kirk Center Vice-Chairman Jeffrey O. Nelson has written an op-ed for the Detroit News to celebrate the occasion and offer an assessment of the conservative movement today.

Mar 2013