Unmoored From Philosophy and Patriotism
Last week viewers watched as the waves of Democratic misgovernment crashed against the shoals of reality. The CNN Presidential Debate featured an elderly Presid...
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Christianity, Abortion, and the American Spirit
In Planned Parenthood v. Casey (a 1992 case that upheld Roe v. Wade) Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote that “At the heart of liberty is the right to define one̵...
The Importance of Stories
In our increasingly confused era, classic stories have continued to come under fire for their lack of political correctness. The claim that Snow White is not fe...
Free Societies and the Crisis of Moral Relativism
By any metric, Americans today live in one of the most free societies that has ever existed. Property rights are secure, freedom of speech is enshrined in the C...
Who is the Real Threat?
In 1925, the great poet T.S. Eliot wrote one of his most famous poems. Filled with dark imagery and somber scenes, The Hollow Men, ended with the lines “This is...
Freedom and Statesmanship
Before publishing his famous and prescient attack on the French Revolution, Edmund Burke sent a letter to his friend in France criticizing the course of the Rev...
Liberalism and Toxic Masculinity
If one takes even a cursory glance at modern culture, it is not uncommon to hear intellectuals complaining about toxic masculinity. Despite the fact that the te...
Should We All Be Moderates?
In an age of extreme polarization, appeals to a less divisive past are commonplace. Many people wish to go back to an era when their fellow citizens held more m...
Play-Acting Politics
Almost anyone who spends time studying politics will come to the conclusion that it is serious business. For better or worse, politics deals with fundamental qu...
Why Manliness is Under Attack
When an American considers a hero who personifies a real man, he will often ponder the great deeds of Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, or George Washington...