Culture Is Natural, Nature is Cultural

by Peter J. Leithart

Signs in the Dust is hugely stimulating and cuts a tantalizing path that leads toward the reintegration of science, philosophy, and theology. Continue Reading »

29 Sep 2023

Rule of the Competent

by Mark Bauerlein

James Hankins joins the podcast to discuss his new book Political Meritocracy in Renaissance Italy: The Virtuous Republic of Francesco Patrizi of Siena. Continue Reading »

18 Sep 2023

Michael Millerman on Alexander Dugin Explained

by R. R. Reno

Editor R. R. Reno is joined by Michael Millerman to talk about his article, “Alexander Dugin Explained,” from the February 2023 issue.  Continue Reading »

9 Feb 2023

Leo Strauss and the Closed Society

by Matthew Rose

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 »

1 Dec 2022

What Led to Canada’s Crisis

by Nathan Pinkoski

In Canada, an ideologically supercharged managerial class has accelerated the adoption of a new kind of emergency politics. Continue Reading »

24 Feb 2022

Nudge, Nudge

by Paul Yowell

Nudge policy, which aims to change citizens’ behavior, came into its own during the pandemic. Continue Reading »

16 Nov 2021

What We’ve Been Reading—November 2021

by Editors

Our editors reflect on Czesław Miłosz, crime fiction, Roger Scruton, and the divine right of kings. Continue Reading »

2 Nov 2021

Ostracizing Claremont

by Patrick J. Deneen

The silencing of conservative voices in political science is an assault on free inquiry into the nature of just governance. Continue Reading »

6 Oct 2021

Ross Douthat on Political Catholicism

by R. R. Reno

Columnist Ross Douthat joins R. R. Reno to discuss his recent article, “Catholic Ideas and Catholic Realities.” Continue Reading »

22 Sep 2021

America and Liberalism

by R. R. Reno

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 »

1 May 2018