America’s early conservative tradition features many Burkean figures, from Alexander Hamilton to John Jay. Yet, none embody an analogous temperament quite like John Adams. Continue reading John Adams: The American Burke
From John Stuart Mill to the present, the eternal contradictions of freedom of association and freedom of religion outline the inherent weaknesses of liberalism – and the need for something more. Continue reading Liberalism & Religion
Both inherent religious factors, and geopolitical realities led to the slow death of America’s virtuous founding stock. Continue reading The Liberal Christian Revolution & Death of New England Puritanism
The Fulton case provides an example of a law which allows the government to interfere with religious practices for political expediency. Continue reading On Burke & Fulton
During the Plague of Athens, similar disruptions of order to today erupted in the body politic – and eventually society at large. We risk a similar fate if we fail to address the aftermath of our own modern plague effectively. Continue reading A Plague of Pride: the Viral Hubris of a Post-Soviet World
COVID-19 has ravaged through American communities, but an even greater pandemic is accelerating simultaneously. Continue reading America’s Happiness Deficit
True order is found by combining the three main forms of government – and Aristotle observed that before we did. Continue reading Aristotle’s Pragmatic Democracy
As the Taliban gains ground and attrition mounts; can the near 20-year conflict end honorably? Or is it unsalvagable? Continue reading Leadership Matters: Avoiding Disaster in Afghanistan
How “With the Old Breed” by E. B. Sledge helps illuminate what the facilitator class misses. Continue reading An Important Note for Facilitators of War
Tony Horwitz revisited Olmsted’s odyssey – but did his Yankee biases cloud his final judgement? Continue reading Olmsted’s Iliad: An Old & New South
