On the Inflation of Political Speech
by Peter J. LeithartThe sheer number of words coming from politicians diminishes their value. Continue Reading »
The Young and the Restless
by Peter J. LeithartOn young Presidential candidates. Continue Reading »
Anger and Citizenship
by George WeigelThe Iowa caucuses are in the rear-view mirror, the New Hampshire primary looms on the horizon, and by most media accounts, the leitmotif of Campaign 2016 is “anger.” As in: a lot-of-Americans-are-angry-and-that-explains-the attraction-of-certain-candidates, whether that be the . . . . Continue Reading »
Socialism in America?
by David T. KoyzisAmericans once regarded socialism with a mixture of fear and bemusement. Why then have so many lost this fear such that they are prepared to put a socialist in the Oval Office? Continue Reading »
Religion and Presidential Voting Patterns
by Greg ForsterThis just in: Jerry Falwell is still dead Continue Reading »
Myth of American Religious Freedom
by Peter J. LeithartUntil the 20th century, American religious freedom was always constrained by a moral establishment. Continue Reading »
By Consent of the Corrupted
by Peter J. LeithartCorrupt politicians govern by the consent of the corrupted - us. Continue Reading »
Othering and Order
by Peter J. LeithartThe binary of “us” and “them” is an essential feature of late modern order. Continue Reading »
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