Political Theory

October 12, 2020

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Sean McGlynn

Limits of Reason

Despite the Enlightenment’s enthronement of Reason, irrationality has proved intractable. Is it irrational to want to rid the world of irrationality?
October 5, 2020

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Richard M. Reinsch II

Liberty Is Self-Government, Not Rights Alone

Bureaucratic tyranny and judicial usurpation await us when we forget the basic symbols of our political life, as Willmoore Kendall and George Carey warned.
September 28, 2020

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Jason Sorens

The New Secessionism

Is the U.S. too big not to fail? Should states be allowed to secede so their citizens can live free of federal dictates? A new book explores whether the Union is still worth saving.
September 8, 2020

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Joseph Postell

Are Progressives Un-American?

Have Progressives historically repudiated the Founders, or has the real debate been between Jeffersonians and Hamiltonians all along?
August 24, 2020

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Ian Crowe

Patriots and Populists: From Burke to Trump

Edmund Burke struggled to reconfigure the Patriot inheritance. Can lessons be drawn for MAGA patriots?
August 10, 2020

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Jonathan Leaf

An Epitome of Liberty

Historian Richard Brookhiser has crafted the perfect antidote to the 1619 Project, demonstrating how liberty is the true key to understanding America’s history and identity.
July 6, 2020

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Gregory M. Collins

The Princes of Prudence

The prudence of Lincoln and Burke is sorely needed when both conservatives and liberals employ the strident language of war in the service of all-or-nothing political objectives.
June 29, 2020

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Alexandra Hudson

The Tyrants Among Us

Was the Civil War between North and South one of civilizations, republicanism versus medieval barbarism? Alexandra Hudson reviews a recent book that says yes, and that warns the war continues in every human heart.
June 15, 2020

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Michael Brendan Dougherty

Two Constitutions in Conflict

Is the U.S. Constitution the controlling law of the land, or are civil rights statutes? And which has the last word when they conflict? Christopher Caldwell’s new book lays out the often-confusing rules of engagement.
March 9, 2020

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Jared Morgan McKinney

Two Concepts of Peace

America is at a crossroads: pursue a peace of hierarchy or a peace of equality. History has shown that these paths lead in very different directions.

Political Theory

Limits of Reason

Liberty Is Self-Government, Not Rights Alone

The New Secessionism

Are Progressives Un-American?

Patriots and Populists: From Burke to Trump

An Epitome of Liberty

The Princes of Prudence

The Tyrants Among Us

Two Constitutions in Conflict

Two Concepts of Peace

The Nicene Myth

So You Want to Be Joan Didion . . .

Virtue and the Patriot President

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