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Ostracizing Claremont

Patrick J. Deneen

The American Political Science Association (APSA) is the main professional organization for academics who work, teach, and research in the area of political science. It hosts an annual meeting...

What To Know About Amy Coney Barrett

Patrick J. Deneen

Amy Coney Barrett is my neighbor and friend. This fact, along with my complete lack of familiarity or expertise in her scholarly and judicial work, gives me no special...

Replace the Elite

Patrick J. Deneen

The New Class War: Saving Democracy from the Managerial Eliteby michael lind portfolio, 224 pages, $25 Michael Lind’s The New Class War is sure to be one of the...

Corporate Progressivism

Patrick J. Deneen

From Tolerance to Equality: How Elites Brought America to Same-Sex Marriageby darel e. paulbaylor, 256 pages, $39.95 In 2013, the Supreme Court reversed a determination by the Internal Revenue...

The Ignoble Lie

Patrick J. Deneen

During 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...

Moral Minority

Patrick J. Deneen

The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation by Rod Dreher Sentinel, 272 pages, $25 Strangers in a Strange Land: Living the Catholic Faith in a...

The Power Elite

Patrick J. Deneen

As the dust from the recent explosion over Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act begins to settle, one thing is clear: Republicans and Christians lost, Democrats and gay activists won....

Against Great Books

Patrick J. Deneen

For many years, traditionalist thinkers have promoted the teaching of a set of core texts—the “great books”—as a vital element of a liberal arts education during a time when...

It’s a Destructive Life

Patrick J. Deneen

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President Obama’s Campaign for Leviathan

Patrick J. Deneen

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Unsustainable Liberalism

Patrick J. Deneen

“Unsustainable Liberalism” is one of three addresses given to a symposium on “After Liberalism,” put on in late February with the support of the Simon/Hertog Fund for Policy Analysis...

“Forward” Into a Sterile Future

Patrick J. Deneen

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E.J. Dionne and the Contradiction of Progressive Catholicism

Patrick J. Deneen

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“For the Salvation of Souls”: A Farewell to Georgetown

Patrick J. Deneen

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A Culture of Choice?

Patrick J. Deneen

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