Reality Is Messy
by John WilsonLet us resolve, in this new year, to push back against the fashionable narrative that our society is more divided than ever. Continue Reading »
War Cries in Cuba
by Carlos EireThousands of Cubans have taken to the streets from one end of the island to the other, chanting “liberty,” “down with the dictatorship,” and “down with communism.” Continue Reading »
America’s History of Political Violence
by Darel E. PaulYesterday was just one more day in America's long history of political violence. Continue Reading »
A Courageous College President
by Gary Saul MorsonThe sort of conflicts that have occurred at other colleges and universities at last came to Northwestern. Continue Reading »
A Dark Cloud For Democracy
by Carl R. TruemanBritain's news headlines are not dominated by events in its most recently ceded colony but by domestic protests about police violence in Minneapolis. Continue Reading »
Lent at Planned Parenthood
by Charlotte AllenA few days ago, I joined a group of people praying outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Washington, D.C. Continue Reading »
Political Parasites
by Pete SpiliakosIt’s never the right thing to avoid explaining that white supremacy is evil. Continue Reading »
Persuasive Disciples, Not Anarchic Disrupters
by George WeigelIn today’s deeply divided America, the public debate is too often being framed by those who substitute invective for argument while demonstrating a visceral contempt for normal democratic political and legal process. Unless reason reasserts itself over passion, the potential for short-term chaos is great and the risk of long-term damage even greater. Continue Reading »
How to Protest Better
by Leah Libresco SargeantA protest isn’t only a way to gauge the strength of feeling or strength of numbers on a side; it is also a way of judging character. A person on the other side, or who hasn’t made up his or her mind on an issue, observes a protest and asks: “If they win, what would it be like to live in a community in which their side is ascendant?” Continue Reading »
The Protest
by Malcolm RiversIt wasn’t a perfect evening for a demonstration. The night was cold and damp. On the rain-slick concrete stairs of Harvard’s University Hall, thirty-five undergraduates crowded together, hoping for news coverage and bantering nervously. After weeks of planning, finally the day had come, and we . . . . Continue Reading »
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