John’s Substack

A forum for short essays on law, politics, political theology, postliberalism, and the common good. We offer reflections on the classical legal tradition and ius commune, and how their precepts and ideas can be adapted and translated.

Based interventions on philosophy, culture, economy, law, theology and the postliberal order.

Defending tradition, realism, and political virtue 🇺🇸

Ancient history and today's politics through the lens of Cliodynamics ("history as science"). Recent books: End Times (2023), The Great Holocene Transformation (2025).

A newsletter devoted not to polemic, but to trying to make sense of today's world.

When philosophy of history and civilisations meet tradition

Eavesdrop on Matthew Barrett's Systematic Theology

Monthly collections from around the web reflecting on faith, life, and finding our bearings in the world's first post-Christian culture.

Statecraft, Sovereignty, and Spirituality

My personal Substack

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