In the spring of 1941, as Hitler was laying plans for his invasion of the Soviet Union, Leo Strauss gave a lecture at the New School for Social Research as part of a seminar on “Experiences of the Second World War.” The lecture, which was not published until five decades later, marked one of the . . . . Continue Reading »
In Canada, an ideologically supercharged managerial class has accelerated the adoption of a new kind of emergency politics. Continue Reading »
Nudge policy, which aims to change citizens’ behavior, came into its own during the pandemic. Continue Reading »
Our editors reflect on Czesław Miłosz, crime fiction, Roger Scruton, and the divine right of kings. Continue Reading »
The silencing of conservative voices in political science is an assault on free inquiry into the nature of just governance. Continue Reading »
Columnist Ross Douthat joins R. R. Reno to discuss his recent article, “Catholic Ideas and Catholic Realities.” Continue Reading »
The American experiment.” I cringed whenever Richard John Neuhaus used that formulation. We live in a country, not an experiment. I seek to purify my soul so that I may be worthy of citizenship in the City of God. But in this temporal frame, I have never wanted to be anything other than an . . . . Continue Reading »
During one of the more infamous moments in Plato’s Republic, Socrates suggests that the ideal city needs a founding myth—what he calls “a noble lie”—to ensure its success. The myth has two parts. The first relates that every person in the city comes from the same mother, and . . . . Continue Reading »
A “renewed national covenant” is a promising starting point for pondering political order after liberalism. Continue Reading »
Last year, Christian conservatives had serious reservations about Donald Trump. I was among them. But many of us voted for him anyway. For most, the calculation was straightforward. The end—protecting ourselves, our children, and our country from an increasingly hostile . . . . Continue Reading »
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