3+ hour, 20+ min ago  (225+ words) Anyone familiar with some part of the literature on property rights will find that Claeys has addressed the central claims of proponents and skeptics alike, rigorously and charitably. This is the way. We live in a skeptical age. If we…...

3+ hour, 20+ min ago  (369+ words) This tension is not novel. Periods of rapid technological change in the United States have repeatedly coincided with productivity anxiety. The current moment fits into a longer historical pattern in which innovation accelerates faster than institutional adaptation, statistical measurement, and…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (148+ words) We live with problems that Norris dramatized and will continue to do so until we overcome the problem of cowardice afflicting our politics. The late actor was an example of principled, courageous manliness that our elites have forgotten how to…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (1007+ words) Great literature expands the moral imagination. It reveals hidden truths. And it also shapes our civic consciousness. I doubt Henry James's lone political novel, The Princess Casamassima, is on many'if any'university syllabi today. But it is worth reading. It is…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (248+ words) Amidst the fireworks and parades, the toasts and floats, let us hope that our fellow citizens consider all the Declaration's words and how they can inspire our nation to reach its tricentennial. This metaphor is not a persuasive indication of…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (576+ words) If you're a US citizen expecting a baby in 2026, there's good news. The Federal government wants to give your child some money. Family life can be fruitful not in a potted-plant sort of way, but in a cultivated garden sort…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago  (182+ words) New natural law theory deftly reveals progressivism to be an emperor without clothes. Liberalism is not, despite what some postliberals claim, a doctrine of radical autonomy, arbitrary choice, or the elevation of transgressive gender identities. Developments in Natural Law scholarship…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (576+ words) An Intriguing Mode of Analysis Hartle's aim is to show that O'Connor provides a coherent and forceful response to "modernity," though she understands modernity in a very particular way. She is interested in the loss of the "prophetic vision," beginning…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (195+ words) The moral case for liberty is forcefully made, but the structural safeguards required to preserve it receive far less attention. The book functions best as a doorway rather than a destination; it is a way to re-engage with a foundational…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1251+ words) Law & Liberty senior writer John O. McGinnis joins the podcast this week to discuss his new book, Why Democracy Needs the Rich. Although they may be the focus of populist ire from the left and right alike, McGinnis contends that wealthy…...