Trump Delivers Mixed Results on Health Reform

The willingness to embrace price controls and other forms of interventionism imperils the larger goals of healthcare reform.

The Betrayed Consumer

Public skepticism of “capitalism” will diminish only when citizens see large firms being disciplined through entry, exit, and consumer choice rather than political ties.

Jefferson's Complex Legacy on Slavery and Race

Jefferson helped ensure that our republic was well-founded, and for the push his works and deeds gave to the anti-slavery cause, we owe him a debt of gratitude.

Conversion by Inches?

On Charles Murray's fides et ratio.

Obamacare Needs Life-Altering Surgery

If you think healthcare is expensive now, P.J. O’Rourke once quipped, just wait until it’s free.

Have We All Misunderstood Enumerated Powers?

The author carefully states that his goal is to unsettle the orthodoxy of enumeration.

That Elusive Gaza Solution

The long road to peace lies through the decisive Israeli wins that seemed ever so unlikely on the morning of October 8, 2023.

That Elusive Gaza Solution

The long road to peace lies through the decisive Israeli wins that seemed ever so unlikely on the morning of October 8, 2023.

The Path to Civility

The path to civility is therefore paved with actions not taken, harm not done, and therefore fear not experienced.

Is Post-Liberalism a Real Remedy?

Pilkington's proposals are worthy, but the vital nerve of Enlightenment liberalism must needs be addressed.

The Wages of War and Punishment

Maintaining the distinction between war and crime enables the United States to address foreign threats while ensuring that war remains in its proper context.

Missile Defense Matters — So Does Explaining It

Golden Dome is not a silver bullet, but it represents a necessary evolution in U.S. missile defense policy.

The Masses and the Market

If liberalism is to recover, it must find a way to create the conditions for a better future.

The Virtue of Nationalism Revisited

Daniel Mahoney reviews a new edition of Yoram Hazony's The Virtue of Nationalism.

Our Civilization Depends on Serious Universities

A serious university is devoutly to be wished for. Our civilization depends on it.

Regaining Our Principles and Institutions

What universities miss are the foundational, nonpartisan moral truths that separate civilization from barbarism.

It Begins With Courage

From coverage emerges the capacity to exercise all the virtues.

Truth and the University

To search for the good, to debate the good, and to proclaim the good is what the university’s aspiration should be, and nothing less.

The Telos of Free Speech and the University 

Even as our campuses function with the appearance of a legal system that treats all content equally, administrators are inevitably compelled to make moral judgments about speech.

Free Speech and Common Sense Need New Champions

We have significant work ahead of us to reform the rules of speech in higher education.

Speech on Campus Must Build the Academic Community

Disagreements at a college are not only inevitable, they are standard. But learning is not combat or any form of lobbying or demonstration.

The Philosophy of Jacques Maritain — A Long-Awaited Introduction

Jason West’s excellent introduction to Jacques Maritain’s philosophy should draw new disciples to Maritain at a time when his thought is needed most.

Did Leo Strauss Get Religion?

Scholars and thinkers, East and West, have found that Leo Strauss offers intellectual insights and resources unavailable elsewhere.

Pascal's Diagnosis of the Modern Soul

You are alive, you must die, therefore the urgent thing is to decide what life is worth living.

Congress Should Make Special Education Choice a Legislative Priority

Cormac McCarthy's Western Canon

McCarthy’s use of philosophy and literature to dwell on the deepest questions that have troubled the West is why some critics have called him the last Great American novelist.

The Freedom to Speak and the Duty to Listen

The right to freedom of speech in the First Amendment lies in the right of the listener to hear, to discern, to deliberate, and to decide.

Draining the Ivory Tower

We need foundational alterations to academic institutions to help bring scholars back into compliance with the bargain agreed upon by the public.