When we think conscience, individual freedom, and moral duty, should we think modern political philosophy, or the Bible?
Some say the old-fashioned western, and western hero, has nothing to say to us anymore. The Library of America begs to differ.
Can the demands of freedom and order, markets and regulation, profit and virtue be met by reinvigorated state power? Or should we be content to live with unresolved tensions?
Conservative Christianity has become increasingly identified with American nationalism, but it wasn’t always this way. What changed?
Once upon a time, for-profit trading firms like Britain’s East India Co. wielded sovereign powers over war, peace, and governance, facilitating imperial expansion. Are we seeing something similar today?
The word “authoritarian” is thrown around a lot, more often for melodramatic reasons than truly philosophical ones.
This is no longer your father’s American conservatism. Who gets to define it in 2021?
Can our written Constitution endure without the attributes of character that once defined both citizenry and republic?
The idea of the “West” virtually vanished in American foreign policy post-9/11. One author says it’s time to bring it back.
What kind of economy do we want? Reforms are needed, but whose interests will be served? A new book throws down the gauntlet.
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