What Led to Canada’s Crisis
by Nathan PinkoskiIn Canada, an ideologically supercharged managerial class has accelerated the adoption of a new kind of emergency politics. Continue Reading »
Nudge, Nudge
by Paul YowellNudge policy, which aims to change citizens’ behavior, came into its own during the pandemic. Continue Reading »
What We’ve Been Reading—November 2021
by EditorsOur editors reflect on Czesław Miłosz, crime fiction, Roger Scruton, and the divine right of kings. Continue Reading »
Ostracizing Claremont
by Patrick J. DeneenThe silencing of conservative voices in political science is an assault on free inquiry into the nature of just governance. Continue Reading »
Ross Douthat on Political Catholicism
by R. R. RenoColumnist Ross Douthat joins R. R. Reno to discuss his recent article, “Catholic Ideas and Catholic Realities.” Continue Reading »
America and Liberalism
by R. R. RenoThe 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 »
The Ignoble Lie
by Patrick J. DeneenDuring 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 »
The Promise and Limits of Covenant Polity
by Peter J. LeithartA “renewed national covenant” is a promising starting point for pondering political order after liberalism. Continue Reading »
Donald Trump, Principe
by Carson HollowayLast 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 »
Vulgar Deconstruction
by Mark BauerleinBack in the 1970s, when the humanities still set the intellectual tone for the college campus, it was common for advanced scholars to divide the personnel in two: There were those who understood High Theory and those who didn’t. New ideas and methods were in the air. Leading-edge journals and . . . . Continue Reading »
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