“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?”
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Category: The Center
The Monstrosity of Gnosticism
“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.”
Is the American Economy Significantly Different than Europeans Think?
“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?”
What Is a Cult, Anyway?
“The word ‘cult’ is tossed around quite frequently in media, but few can offer a precise definition.”
Review: Carlos Lozada’s “What Were We Thinking”
“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.”
Finding Hope When All Seems Lost
“The alarming juxtaposition is that on the other side of this brick wall were patients dying from malaria and children being born with HIV. However, the sheer joy and optimism of this village was unbreakable and, in every sense, unexplainable.”
I Voted for Trump, and I’m Not a Racist
“But I had never voted in a presidential election until this year. So why did I vote in 2020?”
Review: Ted Cruz’s “One Vote Away”
“One Vote Away serves as a useful primer on some of the great constitutional issues of our day, while also proving that legal judgment and political judgment are separate matters.”
Meritocratic Tyranny: Big, If True
“But Sandel’s critique of meritocracy runs deeper than lamenting the obvious gap between meritocratic ideals and reality; Sandel takes issue with the ideal of meritocracy itself.”
Ibram Kendi’s Thesis Could Use a Lot More Rigor (Part II)
“In short, Kendi’s consequentialist view of racism as rooted in policy (which, however unpredictably and unintentionally, results in racial disparities) does not explain everything.”
“Won’t Somebody Please Think of the Children”
“By becoming so concerned about the plight of children, we have become child-like ourselves.”
We’re Divided. But Will We Fall?
“French dedicates his book to James Madison, saying, ‘May we remember that you were right.'”
Ibram Kendi’s Thesis Could Use a Lot More Rigor
“For Kendi, it is policy first and racism second. Debatable? That is a racist question. Maybe a presentist interpretation of history? Also racist.”
Is the West “at War with Islam”?
“This becomes painfully clear when it is one’s own city that is being attacked. I had cycled through the neighborhood a mere 30 minutes before the attack commenced.”
America: Strained But Strong
“Hopefully, the reality of neither party being dominant will translate into a shared recognition that virtues like tolerance must be rediscovered and resuscitated in our political life.”
