Lincoln on the Independence Generation: ‘They Were Iron Men’
Abraham Lincoln delivered this address, which has come to be called “the electric cord” speech, in Chicago on July 10, 1858. Now, it happens that […]
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Reparations and Diversity Are Not the Path to Equality
The revival of reparations talk signals an opportunity for a serious discussion of the revival of republican self-government or strong citizenship. Instead, we get the […]
Time to Embrace the ‘American’s Creed’
[fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] [fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] America today is an enormously divided nation, both politically […]
The Crisis of the Republicans Divided
To understand the Republican Party today, in all its cluelessness, one needs to know what it was when it was founded. One needs to know […]
Are We Facing a New Civil War or Just Continuing the Old One?
The passing of George H. W. Bush might be a cause to reflect more deeply on his famous civility and its relation to the coming […]
Our Slave Heritage
Every day of the week, marriage counselors work with unhappy couples whose relationships have been soured by unresolved grievances. In such cases, the counselor’s job […]
Lincoln on America’s Founders: “They Were Iron Men”
Abraham Lincoln delivered this address, which has come to be called “the electric cord” speech, in Chicago on July 10, 1858. Now, it happens that […]
When Christianity Trumped the Constitution
Guess who spoke these words: I believe no one can read the history of our country without realizing that the Good Book and the spirit […]
Marx at 200 and the Ruling Class
The Bicentennial of Karl Marx’s birth (May 5, 1818) has come and gone without much fanfare, except in the People’s Republic of China. It’s not […]
Make Washington’s Birthday Great Again
We once celebrated the individual greatness of George Washington on his birthday, February 22. Historian James Thomas Flexner called George Washington the “indispensable man,” because […]
Our New Secessionists
Item 1: “People now marvel how it came to pass that he should have been selected as the representative man of any party. His . […]
American Publius: Grant Reconsidered
Summing up the importance of Ulysses S. Grant is a daunting task, given his ascension to the American political scene followed the august statesmanship of […]
Be Better Than Evan McMullin
Making failed presidential candidate and radical NeverTrumper Evan McMullin look like the smart guy in the room is quite a trick. But commentators on one […]
‘Party of Lincoln’ No More
One of the most prominent clichés that passes for wisdom among the GOP Establishment and conservative intellectual elite is that the Republican Party is the party […]
A Democracy Planted Thick with Laws
“Democracy dies in darkness”—so says the Washington Post, in a clever attempt at marketing to anxious readers in the Trump era. History, however, begs to […]
Coarse Correction: The Real Significance of the 2016 Election
About a year ago, the respected Harvard political theorist, Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr., wrote an op-ed about Donald Trump for the Wall Street Journal titled, […]
Mitch Landrieu: Monument Man for a Lost Cause
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu has made a much-heralded case for removal of four Confederate monuments he suddenly found the cause of great evils. “The […]
Crisis of A Strauss Divided
Steve Hayward has been a friend for more years than we’d like to count and his new book, Patriotism Is Not Enough, is a tour […]
Is Trump’s Embrace of Andrew Jackson a Problem?
The arrival of a column by National Review founder William F. Buckley was almost always of some intellectual and literary significance. With his high command […]
Rod Dreher, Meet Leo Strauss and Friends
Rod Dreher has discovered an exotic tribe known as the Straussians. Dreher, in case you’re not aware, is a blogger at The American Conservative and […]