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 »
Religion Is a Feature, not a Flaw
by Josh HoldenriedAmerica enjoys religious freedom because the framers understood that religion inculcates public morality. A free society, in which government intervention is limited, is not possible in a population enslaved to vice. Continue Reading »
The Hypocrisy of Masks
by Gilbert MeilaenderNo, not the masks you assume I have in mind, the masks that have become such a bone of contention in our society. The masks I have in mind are the kind referred to by C. S. Lewis in a passage from his autobiography, Surprised by Joy. Discussing his experience as a soldier in the Great War, he . . . . Continue Reading »
How To Talk About Christian Ethics
by Andrew WalkerMoral principles are either true or false, sound or unsound, regardless of their foundation. We should not, and indeed cannot, separate the beliefs of faith from the convictions and evidence of reason. Continue Reading »
The Key to Happiness
by Mark BauerleinJ. Budziszewski joins the podcast to discuss his recent book, How and How not to Be Happy. Continue Reading »
The Necessity of Nationalism
by Nathan PinkoskiThose involved in the debates over American nationalism will find Samuel Goldman’s skeptical intervention, After Nationalism: Being American in an Age of Division, a refreshing read. Free of histrionics, Goldman’s sober and succinct exercise in historically informed political theory . . . . Continue Reading »
The Virtue of Obedience
by Charles J. ChaputMemory is the soil out of which the present and future grow. Continue Reading »
The Virtue of Jealousy
by Scott YenorJealousy is often confused with envy. Envy is coveting something someone else possesses. It is one of the deadliest corrosives on the human soul, as it suggests that we should not be content with what we have. Jealousy, in contrast, bespeaks a desire to hold on to what one has. Though often . . . . Continue Reading »
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