Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking about -- G.K. Chesterton

Some thinkers and doers who have shaped my work and my life, along with opinionated commentary thereon.

This isn't an exhaustive collection: there are many others -- famous, infamous and unknown -- who helped make me the person I am today. But these are some who are particularly near and dear to me.