David Brooks romanticizes Edmund Burke in an Atlantic essay, but is he really our hero for a bygone conservatism? Tom Paine also reminds us that the only countries of the late eighteenth century that had real liberty were America and France.
Read MoreA US Senator had some choice words to decry the riots on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, saying: “Americans aren’t French revolutionaries taking to the barricades.” He is right but for reasons even sadder than might appear at first glance.
Read MoreA simple majority in the Senate is 51 votes, just one more vote than half the number of senators. But voting in that chamber of the legislature is anything but simple.
Read MoreI suspect Horace Mann would find that despite our best efforts, we simply can’t recreate school online.
Read MoreResponse to Michael Gershon’s article in the April 2018 issue of The Atlantic about evangelicals seeking political protection.
Read MoreOne might mistake Madeleine Albright’s new book as just one of many clichéd warnings about fascism. But the current political situation in the United States isn’t quite a case of never-cry-wolf.
Read MoreNationalism today therefore isn’t entirely new. Neither is its inevitable potential for conflict. Swapping left-wing nationalism for right-wing nationalism, as Yascha Mounk suggests, is hardly a guarantee of a more stable, peaceful world.
Read MoreNationalism has since been associated with both liberation and oppression. In many parts of the world today, however, nationalism has taken on a markedly populist tone. This Economist article makes for timely reading.
Read MoreWhether you are just beginning the college search or are already well on your way to completing your bachelor’s degree—or are a parent of such a student—read Campus Confidential.
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