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In Defense of Israel’s Legitimacy

Pierre Manent reflects on Alain Finkielkraut’s luminosity of soul and his admirable contribution to contemporary intellectual life.

Pierre Manent, Daniel J. Mahoney
Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 5, 2026

The Original Sin of U.S. Health Care

As long as most Americans receive health insurance as an invisible, employer-managed fringe benefit, health care will remain expensive, opaque, and unresponsive. 

Avik Roy
Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 4, 2026

The False Equivalence of Multicultural Day

Parents have an affirmative obligation to reinforce patriotic values and counter the narratives that are taught in school.

Josh Blackman
Pursuit of Happiness
Feb 26, 2026

Norman Podhoretz: American Patriot, Faithful Jew, and Indomitable Defender of Civilization

Podhoretz never turned on the promise of America.

Daniel J. Mahoney
Pursuit of Happiness
Feb 25, 2026

America’s Roundabout Revolution

Increased implementation of the roundabout would prove beneficial to the United States.

Jonathan Miltimore
Pursuit of Happiness
Feb 24, 2026

The AI Future: Between Certain Doom and Endless Prosperity

AI continues to become more complex and sophisticated, but public policy solutions do not. 

Kevin Frazier
Pursuit of Happiness
Feb 17, 2026

The Castle, the Cathedral, and the College

Our civilization struggles to explain why anything should command allegiance beyond preference or power; its remnants echo a grandeur now distant.

Pano Kanelos
Pursuit of Happiness
Feb 16, 2026
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Politics and the Possibility of the Humanities

Nathaniel Peters
Pursuit of Happiness
Feb 13, 2026

Charles Sumner’s Harmony with the Declaration

James Howard
Pursuit of Happiness
Feb 6, 2026

One Nation Spaced Out

Paul J. Larkin
Pursuit of Happiness
Feb 3, 2026

The AI Frontier Must be Fiercely Competitive

Kevin Frazier
Pursuit of Happiness
Jan 23, 2026

What Is History's Role in Civic Education?

Benjamin P. Haines
Pursuit of Happiness
Jan 23, 2026

The Quintessential American: Ben Franklin, Man of All Ages

Juliana Geran Pilon
Pursuit of Happiness
Jan 16, 2026
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The Healthcare Symposium

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In Defense of Israel’s Legitimacy

Pierre Manent reflects on Alain Finkielkraut’s luminosity of soul and his admirable contribution to contemporary intellectual life.

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