Poland Polarized
by Filip MazurczakPolish society continues to reject the neoliberal economic policies of previous governments. But it is as painfully polarized as ever.
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The Virtue of Prudence
by R. R. RenoIn The Four Cardinal Virtues, Josef Pieper writes, “That is prudent which is in keeping with reality.” Moral principles and good intentions amount to little if pursued blindly. Action on behalf of the good requires accurate perception of concrete situations and circumstances. Drawing upon . . . . Continue Reading »
Liberalism as Luxury
by Ramona TauszAdam Gopnik is the New Yorker columnist notorious for comparing the post-9/11 scent of death in lower Manhattan to that of “smoked mozzarella.” His editor, David Remnick, has been forced to defend Gopnik’s myopic interest in “bourgeois pleasures.” Now, as cultural institutions . . . . Continue Reading »
What’s at Stake in the French-Ahmari Debate?
by R. R. RenoThe Ahmari-French exchange reveals real disagreements on the American Right. Continue Reading »
Cardinal Pell, Scapegoat
by Matthew SchmitzThe conviction of Cardinal George Pell is an outrage—the case against him could not be proved beyond a reasonable doubt. Continue Reading »
Our Socialist Moment
by Helen AndrewsThe Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality by bhaskar sunkara basic, 288 pages, $28 In the spring of 2019, even the staid old AFL-CIO began to dabble in guillotine imagery. The occasion was a dispute between Delta and the International Association of . . . . Continue Reading »
Whose Republic? Which “Liberalism”?
by George WeigelThe democratic project must be sustained by mature collaboration. Continue Reading »
An Acceptable Prejudice
by Elizabeth C. CoreyContemporary universities are doing their best to eradicate prejudice and bias. Yet one remaining prejudice—against white men—is not only tolerated but encouraged. While we are told that diversity of skin color and gender is an unmitigated good, people in faculty meetings and job . . . . Continue Reading »
Letters
by VariousDE GAULLE In “A Certain Idea of France” (April), Peter Hitchens goes too far when he concludes that de Gaulle was “the last stand of a great lost cause” of a Europe of independent nations: “De Gaulle’s desire for a Europe of independent nations, including a resurgent France, was doomed . . . . Continue Reading »
Who Wants to Be a Diversity Dean?
by Mark BauerleinYou may have seen the news on March 5, when the State of Colorado Civil Rights Commission decided to drop the action it had taken against Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado. This was not the original allegation of discrimination that the Commission had received in . . . . Continue Reading »
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