Freedom and Conservatism
by Mark BauerleinR. R. Reno joins the podcast to discuss his recent Public Square article “Free and Conservative.” Continue Reading »
Free and Conservative
by R. R. RenoAvik Roy and John Hood recently launched what they hope will be a movement, Freedom Conservatism. In consultation with others of like mind, they drafted a statement of principles. It’s available on their website, freedomconservatism.org. One can debate the principles and their formulations. . . . . Continue Reading »
Blame It on Luther?
by Carl R. TruemanIt may well be that subjectivism is where the Protestant Reformation led, but it was certainly neither Luther’s intention nor his own stated position. Continue Reading »
Porn Is Not a Blessing of Liberty
by Josh HammerUnregulated pornography promotes licentiousness—not liberty. Continue Reading »
Joker and Our Crisis of Solidarity
by Sohrab AhmariWhen healthy, reasonable sources of solidarity and communion are allowed to wither and die, unhealthy, unreasonable versions gather strength. Continue Reading »
The True Con
by Matthew SchmitzIn June, an announcer on CBS observed, “George Will is essentially unchanged from the way he looked forty years ago.” He still wears Brooks Brothers. He still parts his hair on the left. And in politics, while lesser men have compromised with the ascendancy of Donald Trump, Will has stayed . . . . Continue Reading »
Beyond Libertarianism
by JD VanceDo we serve commerce at the expense of the public good? Or do we serve something higher? Continue Reading »
Corporate Power and the Public Square
by Pete SpiliakosThe law must protect Internet users from the ideological encroachment of big business. Continue Reading »
The Fusionism That Failed
by Ben SixsmithUnderstanding the upheavals of American conservatism requires the study of its history—in particular, the fortunes of Frank Meyer, inventor of the Cold War synthesis that reigned for decades as conservative orthodoxy and has only recently met with serious challenge. Like many other figures . . . . Continue Reading »
Letters
by VariousGeoffrey Hill Like Garrick Davis (“Geoffrey Hill, Prodigal,” August/September), I too had the fortune of having Geoffrey Hill as an instructor. In 2004, I was a student in the Boston University writing seminars, and a few of us from the writing program took Hill’s Gerard Manley Hopkins seminar . . . . Continue Reading »
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