Age of Enchantment

by Timothy Jacobson

Though I was on the verge of growing up, the Civil War Centennial revealed to me the reality of the past; it enchanted me, and wove a spell.
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9 Jun 2021

Solemn Bromides

by John Wilson

The historical overview offered by Elcott et al. is inadequate and misleading. Continue Reading »

14 May 2021

Adeline

by Stephen Blackwood

It is not a matter of returning to the past but of consecrating the present. Continue Reading »

12 May 2021

History Never Ended

by Nathan Pinkoski

Is liberalism giving way to something new? The most notable contemporary case for postliberalism, Patrick Deneen’s Why Liberalism Failed, has four tacit assumptions: First, America is in decline. Second, liberalism is responsible for this decline. Third, liberalism is collapsing under the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2021

John Finnis Is Right

by Josh Craddock

Legal conservatives and originalists should adjust their views in response to the clear and convincing historical evidence of constitutional personhood. Continue Reading »

19 Mar 2021

What We’ve Been Reading—February 2021

by Editors

This month it's The Count of Monte Cristo, the Hapsburgs, and a foray into Sinclair Lewis.
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23 Feb 2021

Antifascism Without Fascism

by Stanley G. Payne

In recent decades, one of the most popular terms of political abuse has been “fascist.” Continue Reading »

22 Jan 2021

Anti-American Exceptionalism

by Adam Rowe

The American Revolution still looms large in public debate. Depending on the speaker, it is either the source of our most cherished ideals or our most pernicious inequities. Small wonder, then, that historians tend to convey its significance in thundering pronouncements, alternating between soaring . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2021

Letters

by Various

In “Why I Am a Baptist” (August/September), Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr. inadvertently gives the impression that Southern Baptists came together in 1845 in order to “establish mission boards and organize evangelism.” To those not intimate with the details of Baptist history, this could be . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2020

Baseball’s Beginnings

by John Wilson

In 2020, we are not that far removed from the early era of professional baseball in America, no matter how much the game has changed over the decades. Continue Reading »

16 Oct 2020