Preview: “A Critical Legal Conception of Liberalism and Liberal Rights”
The Left - “My new book, A Critical Legal Examination of Liberalism and Liberal Rights, holds that liberalism is best understood as a political and moral doctrine committed to two fundamental principles.” 12/1/2020
The Left - “My new book, A Critical Legal Examination of Liberalism and Liberal Rights, holds that liberalism is best understood as a political and moral doctrine committed to two fundamental principles.” 12/1/2020
The Center Must Hold
The Center - “Having engaged with Schlesinger’s thinking, readers should ask themselves: Here in the 21st century, what are the greatest threats to the liberal democratic project at home and abroad?” 12/1/2020
The Center - “Having engaged with Schlesinger’s thinking, readers should ask themselves: Here in the 21st century, what are the greatest threats to the liberal democratic project at home and abroad?” 12/1/2020The Monstrosity of Gnosticism
The Center - “Milbank is perhaps correct, then, in seeing that Žižek is so heterodox in his reading that he has crossed the Rubicon into something detached from the stream of Christian thought.” 11/30/2020
The Center - “Milbank is perhaps correct, then, in seeing that Žižek is so heterodox in his reading that he has crossed the Rubicon into something detached from the stream of Christian thought.” 11/30/2020A Once-Unnecessary Reminder: Criticism Produces Good Works
Criticism - “My own song ‘Alabama’ richly deserved the shot Lynyrd Skynyrd gave me with their great record. I don’t like my words when I listen to it. They are accusatory and condescending…” 11/29/2020
Criticism - “My own song ‘Alabama’ richly deserved the shot Lynyrd Skynyrd gave me with their great record. I don’t like my words when I listen to it. They are accusatory and condescending…” 11/29/2020In Reply to Tim Wise: America’s Past on Race Should Not Be Oversimplified
The Right - “The toxic consequences of drawing a crude line between America’s past and the state of our modern institutions cannot be understated.” 11/28/2020
The Right - “The toxic consequences of drawing a crude line between America’s past and the state of our modern institutions cannot be understated.” 11/28/2020Does Understanding the American Project Begin with William Penn?
The Right - “He was the first to negotiate with Native Americans as a Christian, keeping the Christian-Quaker pacifist traditions in his negotiations. He actually regarded the Native Americans as equals…” 11/27/2020
The Right - “He was the first to negotiate with Native Americans as a Christian, keeping the Christian-Quaker pacifist traditions in his negotiations. He actually regarded the Native Americans as equals…” 11/27/2020Congressman-elect Burgess Owens on Issues to Tackle in Office
The Right - “Al Davis used to say, ‘Just win, baby.’ And I tell you that’s what Americans do best. Once we wake up, once we’re engaged, once we know that our culture is at risk, we come together and start communicating. Across-party lines, Democrats and Republicans start to talk, and we rise.” 11/25/2020
The Right - “Al Davis used to say, ‘Just win, baby.’ And I tell you that’s what Americans do best. Once we wake up, once we’re engaged, once we know that our culture is at risk, we come together and start communicating. Across-party lines, Democrats and Republicans start to talk, and we rise.” 11/25/2020Jordan Peterson Biographer on Why People Hate Him So Much
The Right - “One can readily see why someone who has committed any part of his life to fighting ‘white privilege’ today would resent Peterson personally.” 11/25/2020
The Right - “One can readily see why someone who has committed any part of his life to fighting ‘white privilege’ today would resent Peterson personally.” 11/25/2020Is the American Economy Significantly Different than Europeans Think?
The Center - “Do you realize how strange it is that professionals can move around Europe more freely than they can in the U.S.? And that overall, Alabama has more autonomy over its regulations than France does?” 11/24/2020
The Center - “Do you realize how strange it is that professionals can move around Europe more freely than they can in the U.S.? And that overall, Alabama has more autonomy over its regulations than France does?” 11/24/2020What Is a Cult, Anyway?
The Center - “The word ‘cult’ is tossed around quite frequently in media, but few can offer a precise definition.” 11/23/2020
The Center - “The word ‘cult’ is tossed around quite frequently in media, but few can offer a precise definition.” 11/23/2020Review: Carlos Lozada’s “What Were We Thinking”
The Center - “Lozada’s book provides a comprehensive, incisive analysis of the intellectual debates that defined the Trump-era. As we plunge forward into a post-Trump presidency politics, it is a must read.” 11/20/2020
The Center - “Lozada’s book provides a comprehensive, incisive analysis of the intellectual debates that defined the Trump-era. As we plunge forward into a post-Trump presidency politics, it is a must read.” 11/20/2020