Republican Triumphs
Nation building doesn't happen in a day, a year, or even a decade.
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From the Editor's Desk
Republican Triumphs
Nation building doesn't happen in a day, a year, or even a decade.
Essays
When the Cheering Stops
The battle of Iraq is one victory in a war on terror that began on September 11.... The war on terror is not over; yet it is not endless.
No Limbaughs on the Left
Listening to liberal radio - so you don't have to.
The Use and Abuse of Just-War Theory
Lead us not into the pacifist temptation.
A Noble Science
Why economics is far from dismal.
Making Citizens
The good American and the good European.
Book Reviews
The Little Tyrant
The central lesson of history is that all forms of greatness are perilous without a humble and a contrite heart.
Making Democracy Safe for the World
Democracy is not always liberal
Putting The Politics Back In Politics
A review of Aristotle and Modern Politics: The Persistence of Political Philosophy, edited by Aristide Tessitore
Translating The Philosopher
Reading Aristotle's Ethics can shed light in corners where lovers of liberty fear to tread
The Lost Cause In Retreat
In the age of so-called social history, those who can write military and political history in a clear, narrative style are treasures indeed.
Giants Roam The Earth
We regulated ourselves into this mess
Garry Agonistes
"Consulting the faithful" may be a lot less appealing to First World Catholic liberals in the very near future.
The Book of Vices
If Jefferson were to see this supposed "love letter" to himself, he would surely file for a restraining order, or at least a change of address.
Even Paranoiacs Have Enemies
A review of JFK, Nixon, Oliver Stone and Me: An Idealist's Journey from Capitol Hill to Hollywood Hell, by Eric Hamburg
God and Man at the Multiplex
A review of Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom and Discernment, by Brian Godawa
and The Myth of the American Superhero, by John Shelton Lawrence and Robert Jewett
Lifting Us Up
Bloom is a critic of great capaciousness and confidence, willing to recognize and praise genius even where there might exist reason to abhor it.
Correspondence
In Defense of Cowboy Culture
For the American hero, the frontier never closes.
Leo Strauss and the Detective Story
The Goddess of Freedom
Lady Liberty still speaks to all yearning to breathe free.
Commander-in-Chief
A review of Bush at War, by Bob Woodward and The Right Man, by David Frum