Essays
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Was Athens Right to Kill Socrates?
Cities may be right to fear philosophy, this classic essay argues.
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Conservatives vs. the Cult of the Self
A response to Donald Devine on tensions between Straussians and fusionists.
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Are Straussians Fusionists?
The tension between reason and tradition links the philosophical descendants of Harry Jaffa and Frank Meyer.
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The Poetry of Death and Resurrection
This Holy Week, Modern Age’s poetry editor listens to “the Word within / The world.”
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Paul Weyrich: Father of a New Right
He co-founded the Heritage Foundation, named the Moral Majority—and fought to make conservatism more working class and democratic.
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Francis Fukuyama as Teacher of Evil
The end of history is the end of humanity, as Walker Percy and Peter Augustine Lawler foresaw.
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How Revolution Happens—and How to Stop It
In spiritual war, bravery’s the strongest weapon.
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Up From Liberalism
Turning from shallow rationalism to the deep wells of the Western tradition.
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