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The uniformity of Mass Society
Bigger is better, or so goes the refrain. Whether it is mega grocery stores, super movie theatres, gigantic airplanes and ships, towering…
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The diversity fraud
Diversity is among the most abused words in the English language, and in today's hyper-politicized society, it is fashionable…
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Obama’s regulatory state
As if Dodd-Frank hasn't inflicted enough damage on the economy through its stringent and unnecessary securities rules, the president…
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Eminent domain, revisited
The right to own private property without reasonable government interference is a cornerstone of American freedom. In fact, the ability to own…
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The servitude of unbounded freedom
Among the most pressing questions we face as a civilization is the meaning of freedom and how it applies to our everyday…
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Conservatism’s identity crisis
Henry Adams famously opined that he could single-handedly disprove Darwin's theory of evolution by tracing the lineage of the…
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The inhumane economy of Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders thrives on the language of morality and ethics, yet his vision of economic policy is anything but humane. He sees…
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Ash Wednesday and the gift of Lent
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, the Christian season of suffering, repentance, and for some, the purgatorial path to redemption. For…
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A nation at risk?
H.L. Menken famously noted that "the saddest life is that of a political aspirant under democracy. His failure is ignominious…
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The moral imagination in practical politics
Conservatives often speak of the primacy of imagination in politics and culture, but its connection to policy is often shrouded in confusion.…
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Justice and the Demagogues
Not since the turbulent protests of the 1960s has America been confronted with public lawlessness and disorder to the degree it has…
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A Godless proposal
A recently released report published by the Woolf Institute's Commission on Religion and Belief in Public Life at Cambridge University…
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The problem with pluralism
Whittaker Chambers wrote that "the crisis of the Western world exists to the degree in which it is indifferent to God.…
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The fantasy of the safe space
"In politics," said Nietzsche, "the professor plays the comic role." There was a time, on American college campuses,…
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Mr. Ryan’s task
Paul D. Ryan's election as the 54th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives provides Republicans an important opportunity…
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Ghostly tales and the horror within
Tales of uncanny phenomena stir the imagination, engender discomfort, and challenge the intellectual assumptions which pervade our rational senses. Having been displaced…
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Confronting the new totalitarianism starts at home
Reports of depraved violence and unspeakable affronts to the dignity of human persons now dominate the 24-hour news cycle. From the…
