Essays
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The Great Books of the Great War
Courage, faith, and even peace can be found in the literature of the conflict that shattered Western civilization.
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America’s Honor: Lost and Regained
Does an aristocratic ideal like honor have a place in the 21st century? It can, if we understand it anew.
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In Defense of Jane Austen’s Unlikable Heroine
Though lacking in charm and wit, Fanny Price educates the reader’s moral judgment. She’s worth a second look.
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Tyranny of Television
A 1990s film about a fake war concocted to hide a political scandal reveals a dark but vital truth about America today.
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Recovering the Humane Economy: A Symposium
Conservatives are not giving up on markets. Instead, they’re working to restore the social conditions that make prosperity noble
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Making a Common Muddle
Disguised as ‘neutral governance,’ the liberal state lures us into Weber’s iron cage
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Two Centuries of Dostoevsky
For the long-suffering Russian novelist, all humanity is under a suspended sentence of death—yet his work is anything but despairing.
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Jokerman: Bob Dylan Beyond Eighty
That disheveled man in the green tracksuit you might think is a hobo could just be the most ballyhooed American recording artist of the rock era.
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“Woke” Is the New Sorcery
Ideologues obsessed with race have a reason for attaching magical significance to the language they impose on our society.
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