American Power

by Mark Bauerlein

Lawrence Mead discusses his recent book, Burdens of Freedom: Cultural Difference and American Power. Continue Reading »

7 Nov 2019

The Fusionism That Failed

by Ben Sixsmith

Understanding the upheavals of American conservatism requires the study of its ­history—in particular, the fortunes of Frank Meyer, inventor of the Cold War synthesis that reigned for decades as conservative orthodoxy and has only recently met with serious challenge. Like many other figures . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2019

Ideas Still Have Consequences

by John M. Howting

Cultural traditions are more important to man than GDP. They give him a sense of the transcendent, affirm his place in a hierarchy, and create a sense of “we” and “us.”  Continue Reading »

6 Dec 2018

Educating For Liberty

by Peter J. Leithart

Education is genuinely liberal—education for freedom—only if it’s willing to conduct students away from self-love to proper objects of love. Continue Reading »

19 Oct 2018

Staircase Over the Void

by Richard T. Whittington

The decay of American institutions and the crisis of civil society make our moment an opportune one for Arendt scholarship. Continue Reading »

5 Jul 2018

Bondage and Freedom

by R. R. Reno

The 500th anniversary of the Reformation sent me back to Luther and his debate with Erasmus. The two were among the most widely read authors in sixteenth-century Europe. In the early 1520s, they exchanged dueling treatises on free will. They raised recondite theological questions of biblical . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2018

Christian Freedom

by Dan Hitchens

For Christians, freedom consists not in how many choices you have but in whether you can choose the right thing. Continue Reading »

14 Nov 2017

Home, Not Freedom

by R. R. Reno

In 2017, we need to restore stability and trustworthiness to civic life—not simply reiterate our defenses of freedom. Continue Reading »

4 Oct 2017

What I Saw At The Debate Between Dissent and American Affairs

by Matthew Schmitz

Dispatches from the debate: Any left that is unable to see the way we are enslaved by lust will end up the unwitting handmaiden of those who exploit. Continue Reading »

30 May 2017

Spiritual Freedom

by John P. Burgess

On the outskirts of Moscow, there is an Orthodox Christian memorial. The site, known as Butovo, once belonged to a private estate. The Soviets expropriated the land after the revolution and turned it into a firing range. It was there during Stalin’s purges that more than 20,000 “enemies of the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2017