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Lessons from the Edge of Liberty

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March 24, 2021

If Americans choose to fight the coming authoritarian leviathan, they should examine the history of other political movements and the resulting lessons learned at the edge of liberty and tyranny.

Is a Conservative-Libertarian Alliance Possible?

By Edward Ring

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March 18, 2021

Yes, but conservative populism—both as an ideological movement and as a practical political agenda—will evolve with or without the libertarians.

Five Reasons to Revere the Constitution

By Michael Warren

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March 17, 2021

Most governments in human history presume that the government is all-powerful, and then carves out certain restrictions where it cannot act. Our constitution does exactly the opposite.

Until Lambs Become Lions

By Max Morton

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March 16, 2021

Right now, we are 80 million couch potatoes and keyboard warriors with rifles in our bedroom closets. This is not a force to be reckoned with.

What’s Wrong With Background Checks?

By Christopher Roach

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March 16, 2021

The freedom of gun owners to transfer guns, keep such transactions hidden from the government, and generally to have the government out of their lives is an important component of being a free people.

Forgetting the Founders

By Robert Curry

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March 13, 2021

The American way is to lay claim to our unalienable right to liberty.

Terrible Good Advice

By Benjamin Braddock

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March 10, 2021

The once widely accessible domestic institution of marriage is becoming more and more the domain of a fortunate few.

Choose Your Ground

By Max Morton

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March 9, 2021

Now is not the time for impotent tough talk and posturing with weapons at protests.

What About ‘Whataboutism’?

By Christopher Roach

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March 8, 2021

There is good and bad whataboutism. Blanket calls to ignore comparisons are usually done in bad faith.

Tearing Down Our Castles

By Anthony Esolen

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March 6, 2021

Home and family, bulwarks of freedom and freedom-making in their turn, are hated by those who hate mankind and want to subject it to vast systems of social and political control.

Is Your Friend a Liberal or a Leftist? Ask These Questions to Find Out

By Dennis Prager

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March 3, 2021

The great tragedy of our time is that liberals vote left. Virtually every value liberals have held for a century is now held by conservatives […]

How Contemporary Con Law Became a Con Job

By Ken Masugi

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February 27, 2021

Harvard’s Laurence Tribe turns Clarence Thomas and his recent dissent in the Pennsylvania election case into a cartoon caricature. This is sophistry, not legitimacy.

The Knowing and Doing of Freedom

By Anthony Esolen

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February 24, 2021

If you would be free, look to your hands.

The Denial of Evil: The Case of Communism

By Dennis Prager

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February 23, 2021

If you don't hate Communism, you don't care about, much less love, people.

Taking Federalism Seriously

By Marc Landy

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February 21, 2021

Federalism is like a diet and the coming entitlement crisis may yet make federalism weight watchers of us all.

Can the Truth Set us Free?

By Roger Kimball

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February 20, 2021

The history of speculation about truth has prominently included what we might call a school of impatience that, instead of trying to solve the problem, has endeavored to dismiss it.

Given Our Flawed Nature, America Has Been a Remarkable Moral Achievement

By Dennis Prager

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February 16, 2021

However, given the Left's largely successful elimination of Judeo-Christian and middle-class values, that achievement may not survive.

Lessons from Lincoln on America’s Discord

By Elizabeth Eastman

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February 14, 2021

America is currently experiencing a new formulation of the divine right of kings that takes the form of tyrannical suppression of freedom and speech. What can we learn from Lincoln to stop it?

Conservatives Must Read Marx

By Mark Bauerlein

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February 13, 2021

Popular conservative thinkers warn of the dangers of class warfare and everything-is-political thinking. But they can’t advise a subordinate class how to climb out of a pit.

Conservatism, Inc.’s Hypocrisy Shines Brightly

By Pedro Gonzalez

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February 12, 2021

Conservatives proclaim the supremacy of self-interest, of anti-social, atomizing individualism even as it facilitates the consolidation of control over our lives by a collective of managerial elites.