John Hay, Love of Country, and Our Vagabond Age
John Hay’s life offers a glimpse of what love of country looks like. If we cannot understand it, we truly are aliens and vagabonds upon the earth.
First Principles
Intelligence, Feeling, and Critical Thinking
Feelers, as opposed to thinkers, can’t get beyond themselves, and far from welcoming discourse with others, they are conversation-killers.
The Cultural Roots of Conservatism
The opposite of “conservative” is not “liberal” but ephemeral.
The Inverted Monarchy: Why Democracy is Only a Means to an End
What remedy do democratic systems provide for a corrupt and tyrannical people?
Populism and Nationalism Aren’t Going Away
If elected representatives and party establishments fail to respond to an angry electorate, found in both parties, the politics of the street can be expected.
We Need Institutions More Than Ever
In the spirit of a new consensus, let us rethink the importance of our institutions and recommit to fortifying them.
The Spirit of Religion and the Spirit of Liberty
A civilization that vilifies and dismisses religion and traditional morality would be a dark one—in truth, it would be no civilization at all.
A Reminder to American Jews: Civilization Is Fragile
It takes a great deal of effort and a great deal of time to make a decent society. But it takes little effort and little time to destroy a society.
Revolution 2020
The revolution long since destroyed the original American Republic in the minds, hearts, and habits of a critical mass of citizens. So now what?
Understanding the Founders’ Understanding of Equality
The further we as a people drift from the Founders’ idea of equality, the nearer we come to being a once-free people who have lost our liberty.
Political Rule or Procedure: The Case of Vinny Gambini
Opposition to the degrading ethos of proceduralism is precisely why Trump was elected and has the support he has.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is in the Dock Today
We know for certain that right now, the late Supreme Court justice knows the truth of abortion, a truth she assiduously avoided in her professional life.
An Open Letter by Liberty and Justice for All
This crisis is acute, and the hour is late. Like our forebears, we aim both to conserve and reform our institutions in light of enduring principles of justice.
The Case Against Slavery and Against ‘Anti-Racism’
Today’s anti-racists share in common the zeal of yesterday’s temperance advocates. For the fundamental evil of reformist revolutionaries is certainly not being drunk on alcohol but rather being drunk on power.
No Common Love, No Common Life
What happens when a formerly Christian nation forgets the reality of sin and our desperate need of grace?
Make English Great Again
Do not accept words, or redefinitions of words, that end up putting your worldview down or at a disadvantage.
America as Bad as Nazi Germany?
Lessons from a black man who lived in both countries.
Why Cancel Culture Is Anti-Christian
It is not surprising that those who place so little value on the life of a completely innocent unborn child would so carelessly destroy the life of any hopelessly flawed adult.
Turn to the Founders to Remind Ourselves of What We Stand to Lose
Let’s read The Federalist Papers from now until Election Day.
Rights, Religion, and Property
The State Department’s Commission on Unalienable Rights reveals an animus against natural liberties that betrays an aspiration to expand the reach of government even further.