Stuart Banner's recent book does little to shed light on the current debate on whether natural law should have a role in any of the three branches of American government Continue Reading »
There are two facts of my life that my grandchildren used to tell their friends with pride. One is that in the year 2000, as part of my application to become a Canadian citizen, I secured a letter from the sheriff of Henrico County, Virginia, attesting that I did not have a criminal record. My . . . . Continue Reading »
This is an ambitious and timely book. It confronts one of the most perplexing and unfortunate developments of our day: the rise of disputes about the correct way of interpreting the Constitution of the United States, and the consequent politicization of judicial appointments. True, disagreements . . . . Continue Reading »
Hadley Arkes joins R. R. Reno for a discussion of the opportunities and challenges of a post-Roe future. Continue Reading »
Glenn Ellmers joins the podcast to discuss his new book, The Soul of Politics: Harry V. Jaffa and the Fight for America. Continue Reading »
The Bible insists that our knowledge of the moral law—and our violation of it—renders us guilty before God. Continue Reading »
“The liberal secularized state lives on conditions that it cannot guarantee itself.” Continue Reading »
Until quite recently, natural law thinking had been a Catholic preserve. My interest in it was awakened during my days as a Jewish undergraduate at the University of Chicago, by the great Leo Strauss—himself a serious, though nonobservant, Jew. When I told Strauss of my interest in natural . . . . Continue Reading »
Germain Gabriel Grisez, a man of the Church and one of the greatest thinkers of our age, passed away on February 1. Continue Reading »
R. R. Reno is sympathetic to nationalism because he sees it as a reaction against disenchantment (“Return of the Strong Gods,” May). While I agree that “the banishment of love from our politics is creating the populism that presently troubles us,” it doesn’t strike me that this populism . . . . Continue Reading »
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