Author: Daniel J. Mahoney › American Greatness

Churchill, Political Judgment, and the ‘Courage to See’

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May 28, 2022

There can be no authentic political science or genuine understanding of human beings and society, without a willingness to give the proper conjugation of greatness, courage, and moderation its due.

Civic Virtues as Moral Facts

By Daniel J. Mahoney

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January 29, 2021

Our civic and civilizational renewal must be informed by moral facts and truths inherent in our nature and ultimately bequeathed to us by the divine source of our rights and obligations.

Guilt Without Vice, Innocence Without Virtue

By Daniel J. Mahoney

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November 25, 2020

There is no shortage of memorable gems in Joshua Mitchell’s inviting and challenging book on the scourge of identity politics.

Liberal Totalitarianism on Campus

By Daniel J. Mahoney

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October 17, 2020

The censorious new Jacobins castigate Frederick Douglass’s position as racist and supportive of white supremacy. Their hubris is appalling.

The Spirit of Religion and the Spirit of Liberty

By Daniel J. Mahoney

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September 28, 2020

A civilization that vilifies and dismisses religion and traditional morality would be a dark one—in truth, it would be no civilization at all.

What Does Our Nation Mean to Us? Rejecting the Culture of Hate

By Daniel J. Mahoney

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July 2, 2020

Freedom has died many times in history; let us not witness new death pangs on the anniversary of its birth.

A World Without Heroes or Saints

By Daniel J. Mahoney

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January 26, 2019

The distinguished French Catholic political thinker Pierre Manent perfectly describes the humanitarian temptation that afflicts the Western world today. “The great danger of contemporary humanitarianism,” Manent […]

Thinking Clearly About Russia

By Daniel J. Mahoney

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October 30, 2017

It is fair to say that the American Left as whole was “soft” on the Soviet Union during the last 25 years of the Cold […]