Men Without Memories

by Francis X. Maier

In effect, the “patriotism” of our current leadership class boils down to the freedom of everyone else to shut up and do what they’re told.  Continue Reading »

17 Apr 2023

Prayer Breakfasts and Faithful Presence

by Carter Skeel

Public displays like prayer breakfasts at least establish a standard by which to hold government officials—like Francis Collins—accountable to the words they utter. Continue Reading »

26 Oct 2022

Rancher Rebels

by Helen Andrews

At a time when most of the news on television is at some level fake, the 2014 standoff at the Bundy ranch in Nevada stood out as a real event. Here was no pseudo-­spectacle thrown together for the cameras. Cliven Bundy, a Mormon rancher in Nevada, had a real quarrel with the Bureau of Land . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2021

The Battle to Free the Mass

by Salvatore J. Cordileone

After public witness on the city streets, a big media push, and a petition signed by thousands of Catholics, San Francisco has finally lifted unfair restrictions on public worship.  Continue Reading »

22 Nov 2020

Back to Unalienable Rights

by Seth D. Kaplan

The report from the Commission on Unalienable Rights is a call for thought, reflection, debate—and action toward making the human rights field as relevant as it once was. Continue Reading »

20 Jul 2020

The Clerisy of the Concrete-and-Glass Box Freaks Out

by George Weigel

Outrage erupted over a leaked memo suggesting that President Trump would issue an Executive Order creating a preference that federal buildings be designed in a classical style. Continue Reading »

4 Mar 2020

Nuanced Patriotism

by Allen C. Guelzo

I love my country – I fear my government. I first saw that mantra as a bumper sticker in the Clinton nineties. It then began to sprout as billboards and rock-paintings in the Obama years, and it has now become the chorus to almost every song of complaint composed by American conservatives. It is . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 2018

An Empty Parliament

by Peter Hitchens

The architecture of the Palace of Westminster, which once seemed to dignify the business of the place, has been diminished by the Parliament inside it.  Continue Reading »

3 Oct 2017

The Tragedy of the Republic

by Pierre Manent

We French have for some years been overcome by a furor for republicanism and for citizenship. There is no activity so humble that it cannot take on an intimidating nobility as soon as it is associated with citizenship. The republic calls us, besieges us, smothers us—but where is the republic? Are . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 2017

Equality Across Borders

by John Rose

In what sense are all men created equal? America’s Declaration of Independence calls it a self-evident truth. But to look around the world, nothing could seem to be less the case, empirically speaking. Some of us are born to wealthy parents, others into poverty; some of us with 170 IQs, others a little slow on the uptake. The genetic lottery, as some call it, does not distribute prizes equally. 

1 Dec 2015