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A chronology of Leo Strauss' life, writings, and legacy.
Summarizing Russel Kirk's life, career, and lasting impact on conservatism.
J.D. Vance's remarks at ISI's "The Future of American Political Economy" conference in July 2021.
Does capitalism corrode culture? I think the answer is yes and no.
There are two types of laws: just and unjust. I would agree with St. Augustine that “an unjust law is no law at all.”
Remembering a legendary teacher.
Has Terry Gilliam’s film version of “Don Quixote” been worth the decades-long wait?
We need a combination of supreme moral sensitivity and economic knowledge.
A recent study claimed that Harry Potter's millennial readers are (in the words of one interpreter) "more open to diversity and ... less likely to support the use of deadly force or torture, more politically active and more likely to have had a negative view of the Bush administration." Science fiction and fantasy novelist John C. Wright says otherwise.
On Roger Scruton and his autobiographical essay "Becoming a Family."
During the past three years or so, as an undergraduate government major, my study of political science has been carried out in a very liberal arts fashion, with concentrations of political philosophy, American politics, and comparative politics. However, within this field, my concentration has been in political philosophy. A question that has emerged within our particular […]
University of Florida has been making headlines throughout the country.
The challenge of finding genuine love in contemporary life.
Acclaimed author and professor of government and philosophy J. Budziszewski talks with students about political correctness, academic freedom, religious conversion, and why every thinking person should pursue the liberal arts.
Scanning a typical college classroom, one observes a sea of laptops. Upon closer examination, many of these laptops are not showing class notes or readings, but rather Facebook, ESPN, or various shopping websites. Even those students who are paying attention, though, are not truly thinking about the material; most of the time they indiscriminately write […]
On the place of math in traditional liberal arts curricula.
While the modern philosophical tradition traces back to the ancient Greeks, the notions of binding moral principles that should dictate a certain military policy is a result of great Christian thinkers like Augustine, Gratian, Aquinas, and Grotius.
People say they don’t like politics because “both sides can never agree on anything.” But is there anything that can ever achieve universal agreement? Take the now-infamous ice bucket challenge sponsored by the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Association. For the last few weeks, the Internet has been completely consumed by videos of people dumping buckets of water over […]
Drink, both the noun and the verb, needs no explanation here, but responsibly as an adverb and responsibility as a noun must receive comment, for almost no one today knows their meaning.
On the two Marxian theories that still remain relatively popular in academia.
Kierkegaard's charge to western Christianity: that it is our “first and foremost duty to return to the monastery from which Luther broke away.”
