Political Theory
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Two Types of American Individualism
The separate ways of John Randolph and Henry Thoreau.
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NATO’s Prophetic Critics
Expanding the alliance has led to a war many experts predicted.
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Samuel Johnson as Hero
His greatness is deeper—and more personal—than his literary achievements.
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What Makes America Exceptional?
In his new book, Jack Ross forgets that a country is more than a Creed.
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The True Joseph de Maistre
Often caricatured as reactionary, his writing is actually strikingly modern.
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Liberalism and Christianity
Beneath all their differences lie shared values of human dignity and personal freedom.
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Life Without Prejudice
Would be life without principle, as Dr. Johnson and H. L. Mencken knew.
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Dictatorships and Double Standards Revisited
Jeane Kirkpatrick shaped Reagan’s foreign policy but criticized his “New Right.”
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Homer and Political Philosophy
He saw how the desire for home competes with the desire for knowledge.
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