Adam Smith’s Civilizing Process
by Peter J. LeithartAdam Smith, a founding theorist of capitalism, agreed with many criticisms of commercial culture. Continue Reading »
“I Just Want Her To Be Happy”
by Leonard SaxIt is no use letting kids do whatever they desire unless you have first educated their desire. Continue Reading »
Bret Stephens and the Climate Change Center
by John MurdockBret Stephens is playing it safe—not that this has stopped liberals from pillorying him. Continue Reading »
The Land of Athanasius and its Lessons
by Charles J. ChaputThe scope of anti-Christian violence does demand a much louder voice from American Christians in defense of persecuted Christians overseas. Continue Reading »
Après Gorsuch le Deluge
by George WeigelReason is another victim of Roe vs. Wade. The Gorsuch hearings underscored that. Which does not bode well for the future. Continue Reading »
A Descriptivist Leaves her Stamp
by Mark BauerleinThe old job of the dictionary to prescribe proper usage is over, say the lexicographers. How did we end up with these people in charge? Continue Reading »
A Life of Being-in-the-World
by John SchwenklerThe profession of philosophy lost one of its most distinguished members with the death of Hubert Dreyfus on Saturday, April 22. Continue Reading »
Return of the Strong Gods
by R. R. RenoA young writer in Australia recently sent me an essay that ended with an arresting sentence: “I am twenty-seven years old and hope to live to see the end of the twentieth century.” I sympathize. We have reached a series of dead ends in the West. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Americans . . . . Continue Reading »
Michael Novak by the Sea
by Mary EberstadtOnce upon a time there was a lion . . . and the lion had a voice like a lamb. The day Michael Novak died, that unbidden couplet mysteriously wrote itself into my head. Now it’s stuck there like a song that won’t go away. Maybe it lingers because I always thought of Michael as a lion, a metaphor . . . . Continue Reading »
The Tragedy of the Republic
by Pierre ManentWe French have for some years been overcome by a furor for republicanism and for citizenship. There is no activity so humble that it cannot take on an intimidating nobility as soon as it is associated with citizenship. The republic calls us, besieges us, smothers us—but where is the republic? Are . . . . Continue Reading »
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