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First Principles

The Way of Socialism

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An absolute commitment to benevolence, like the road that is paved with good intentions, typically leads to an unprofitable destination.

Granting Value to the World

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By making happiness incompatible with man’s essence, Schopenhauer found himself deaf to Goethe’s wisdom: “If you want to delight in life, then you must grant value to the world.”

‘Let It Run’

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The Declaration of Independence says revolutionary change should not be undertaken for “light and transient causes.” We are well past that now.

Slow-Motion Suicide of the West

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Some people thought James Burnham’s identification of liberalism with civilization’s suicide was hyperbolic. In light of American institutions’ embrace of anti-Americanism, what would they say now? 

Sanctity and Liberty

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Our freedom is not to be measured by what our laws permit us to do, but by what our habits and the innumerable features of our culture give us the power to accomplish without the oversight of law.