Do We Even Know What Time It Is?
It is the affirmation of human finitude that brings us closer to the meaning of life.
First Principles
If Holocaust Deniers Don’t Go to Hell, There Is No God
Holocaust denial is not only a Big Lie, it is pure Jew-hatred and a slap in the face of all the Americans who died fighting the Nazis.
Autonomy and Individualism
The frictional fires of a fictional divide.
Guns, Fire, Knowledge, the Rockies, and Gibraltar
The Rockies may crumble, Gibraltar may tumble: they’re only made of clay. But evil is here to stay.
A Constitutional Comedy of Errors Will Lead to Constitutional Tragedy
The pressing question is not whether the border crisis meets the constitutional definition of “invasion” but whether the Constitution will survive widespread anarchy.
Hysteria Over ‘Hate Speech’ Is Killing Civil Society
America is—or at least used to be—a free country, not a cult or a political party.
The Question Fools Don’t Ask
The abandonment of the question, "What is the price?" has led to terrible consequences in every area of life.
The Left’s Horrific Response to the Colorado Springs Shooting
Mass shootings are a national catastrophe. In response to them, we need to act as a serious country.
Hard Truths and Radical Possibilities
Only by confronting the most uncomfortable truths about our lost republican heritage will we summon the necessary courage and strength to fight for its recovery.
A Commonplace Enlightenment
As Shakespeare transcended Sophocles in his appreciation of love and hate and wonderment, there might be something of our salvation to be found in novels, and movies,
and even in music.
and even in music.
Reflect on the New Sins—and the Old
If you don’t acknowledge God in your civic life you will not have a real civic life but a mockery of it.
Between Left and Right, How Do You Know Which Side Isn’t Telling the Truth?
There is no important area of left-right difference in which the Left does not call for shutting down dissent.
Iain McGilchrist and the Attack on Life and Understanding In Our Times
To ignore the routine reduction of our humanity is to devalue ourselves.
Kanye West, Anti-Semitism, and Candace Owens
"When a friend makes a mistake, he remains a friend, but the mistake remains a mistake."
Government as a Service
There will always be some (limited) government and we should get what we pay for. Government should be disentangled from many existing services rather than reforming their delivery through government.
Talking To Cogs . . . and Mistaking Them for People
Was man made for the law or was the law made for man?
Common Sense to the Rescue
America was once known as the commonsense nation. These recent books point to a way back.
Hard Work: An Appreciation
Maybe we should reverse the paradigm and pay more for hard work than for optional labor.
Ronald Reagan and Capturing the American Moral Imagination
In our ideologically driven society, how can we recapture America’s moral imagination so as to usher out ideology and embrace human dignity?
Natural Right and Historicism
Why America’s foundation in natural right matters.