Samurai Nationalism
by Jarrett StepmanA nation that understands itself—especially its virtues—can adapt without losing its distinctiveness. Continue Reading »
Erika Bachiochi on Sex-Realist Feminism
by R. R. RenoEditor R. R. Reno is joined by Erika Bachiochi to talk about her article, “Sex-Realist Feminism,” from the April 2023 issue. Continue Reading »
The Catholic Church on CRT
by Mark BauerleinEdward Feser joins the podcast to discuss his new book, All One in Christ: A Catholic Critique of Racism and Critical Race Theory. Continue Reading »
Deadly Virtues
by Sebastian MilbankWe live in a divided age. My country of Britain increasingly exhibits the same sort of partisanship that wracks America. It can be hard to witness the bitter divisions of the culture war, and the terrible arguments setting friends and family at odds, and not conclude that we are living in that age . . . . Continue Reading »
Aquinas vs. Musk
by John JalsevacFuturists exclaim that brain-integrated, silicon-based “hardware” memory will be used to augment our natural memories. Count me unimpressed. Continue Reading »
MacIntyre in Retreat
by Edward SkidelskyHe lived, he worked, he died.” Heidegger’s famously terse summary of Aristotle’s life expresses one common view of the project of intellectual biography. An opposed view holds that every thinker’s work is a disguised confession—a translation into the abstract language of thought, of . . . . Continue Reading »
The Kindness Challenge
by Timothy JacobsonKindness is a grace that acts in and on nature and is a tool for the good. I read nothing of this in the kindness literature. Continue Reading »
Nate Hochman on Cannabusiness
by R. R. RenoNate Hochman joins R. R. Reno to talk about his article in the October issue, “Cannabusiness Goes to Pot.” Continue Reading »
What Vin Scully Taught Me
by Jesse ConeVin showed us, in the scaled-down cosmos of the baseball field, what it means to be an excellent practitioner of the art of baseball—and thereby, helped us understand something between the foul lines that we couldn’t see in our tabloids and tablets: virtue. Continue Reading »
Lessons from Jane Austen
by Tiffany SchubertThe artificial “lady” is the problem; “rational creature” is the solution. Rational creatures are capable of exercising and growing in virtue, in cultivating habits that make heroism possible. Continue Reading »
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