The Civic Bargain
by Mark BauerleinJosiah Ober joins the podcast to discuss his new book The Civic Bargain: How Democracy Survives. Continue Reading »
Culture Is Natural, Nature is Cultural
by Peter J. LeithartSigns in the Dust is hugely stimulating and cuts a tantalizing path that leads toward the reintegration of science, philosophy, and theology. Continue Reading »
Rule of the Competent
by Mark BauerleinJames Hankins joins the podcast to discuss his new book Political Meritocracy in Renaissance Italy: The Virtuous Republic of Francesco Patrizi of Siena. Continue Reading »
Michael Millerman on Alexander Dugin Explained
by R. R. RenoEditor R. R. Reno is joined by Michael Millerman to talk about his article, “Alexander Dugin Explained,” from the February 2023 issue. Continue Reading »
Leo Strauss and the Closed Society
by Matthew RoseIn the spring of 1941, as Hitler was laying plans for his invasion of the Soviet Union, Leo Strauss gave a lecture at the New School for Social Research as part of a seminar on “Experiences of the Second World War.” The lecture, which was not published until five decades later, marked one of the . . . . Continue Reading »
What Led to Canada’s Crisis
by Nathan PinkoskiIn Canada, an ideologically supercharged managerial class has accelerated the adoption of a new kind of emergency politics. Continue Reading »
Nudge, Nudge
by Paul YowellNudge policy, which aims to change citizens’ behavior, came into its own during the pandemic. Continue Reading »
What We’ve Been Reading—November 2021
by EditorsOur editors reflect on Czesław Miłosz, crime fiction, Roger Scruton, and the divine right of kings. Continue Reading »
Ostracizing Claremont
by Patrick J. DeneenThe silencing of conservative voices in political science is an assault on free inquiry into the nature of just governance. Continue Reading »
Ross Douthat on Political Catholicism
by R. R. RenoColumnist Ross Douthat joins R. R. Reno to discuss his recent article, “Catholic Ideas and Catholic Realities.” Continue Reading »
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