History

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It is not a matter of returning to the past but of consecrating the present. Continue Reading »

12 May 2021

Is liberalism giving way to something new? The most notable contemporary case for postliberalism, Patrick Deneen’s Why Liberalism Failed, has four tacit assumptions: First, America is in decline. Second, liberalism is responsible for this decline. Third, liberalism is collapsing under the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 2021

John Finnis Is Right

by Josh Craddock

Legal conservatives and originalists should adjust their views in response to the clear and convincing historical evidence of constitutional personhood. Continue Reading »

19 Mar 2021

What We’ve Been Reading—February 2021

by Editors

This month it's The Count of Monte Cristo, the Hapsburgs, and a foray into Sinclair Lewis.
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23 Feb 2021

Antifascism Without Fascism

by Stanley G. Payne

In recent decades, one of the most popular terms of political abuse has been “fascist.” Continue Reading »

22 Jan 2021

Anti-American Exceptionalism

by Adam Rowe

The American Revolution still looms large in public debate. Depending on the speaker, it is either the source of our most cherished ideals or our most pernicious inequities. Small wonder, then, that historians tend to convey its significance in thundering pronouncements, alternating between soaring . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2021

Letters

by Various

In “Why I Am a Baptist” (August/September), Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr. inadvertently gives the impression that Southern Baptists came together in 1845 in order to “establish mission boards and organize evangelism.” To those not intimate with the details of Baptist history, this could be . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 2020

Baseball’s Beginnings

by John Wilson

In 2020, we are not that far removed from the early era of professional baseball in America, no matter how much the game has changed over the decades. Continue Reading »

16 Oct 2020

Monumental Contrast

by Catesby Leigh

In the annals of monumental sculpture, James Earle Fraser’s equestrian statue of Theodore Roosevelt hardly ranks as a masterpiece. The Rough Rider is portrayed in frontiersman’s garb and flanked by two figures on foot: a Plains Indian and an African tribesman. Prominently sited before the august . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2020

Suicide of the Liberals

by Gary Saul Morson

Between 1900 and 1917, waves of unprecedented terror struck Russia. Several parties professing incompatible ideologies competed (and cooperated) in causing havoc. Between 1905 and 1907, nearly 4,500 government officials and about as many private individuals were killed or injured. Between 1908 and . . . . Continue Reading »