It seems only a few years ago that I was calling myself “a man of the left.” Well, like the Jewish intellectuals who became “neoconservatives” in the 1960s and 1970s, I am a liberal who’s been “mugged by reality.” What has happened to the public discourse about race in this country . . . . Continue Reading »
Not all Christians want to live in a Western-style democracy. Continue Reading »
The digital-government complex is animated by a utopian dream. Google wants to change the world, which means changing people. Continue Reading »
Mark Edmundson joins the podcast to discuss his recent book, Song of Ourselves: Walt Whitman and the Fight for Democracy. Continue Reading »
I learned the following ten lessons about democratic society from the pandemic. Continue Reading »
The city’s protest movement is both local and global—not least because of its Christianity. Continue Reading »
Our system of government is best described as a constitutional republic. Continue Reading »
Aurel Kolnai truly belongs in the pantheon of anti-totalitarian thought and a study of his writings can shed some light on the totalitarian nihilism all around us. Continue Reading »
Charles Taylor’s latest work, co-authored with Patrizia Nanz and Madeleine Beaubien, details how Western democracy is in serious trouble. Continue Reading »
Whether they are monarchs or not, powerful leaders take on royalish trappings because politics is ineradicably sacral. Continue Reading »
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