The Chief Justice and the Constitution
Hoping for recovery of both Chief Justice Rehnquist and the U.S. Constitution.
From the Editor's Desk
The Chief Justice and the Constitution
Hoping for recovery of both Chief Justice Rehnquist and the U.S. Constitution.
Correspondence
Lincoln’s Legacy
I am grateful indeed for Allen Guelzo's very kind words about my book Lincoln at Cooper Union .
Essays
The Endless Party
Liberalism has always been unwilling, and unable, to define itself.
Rolling Realignment
The country is less divided than in 2000.
Bush’s Mandate
This essay is adapted from a speech sponsored by the Heritage Foundation and the Claremont Institute.
Democracy and the Bush Doctrine
Exporting compassionate conservatism.
Book Reviews
The Lesser Evil is Not Good Enough
A review of The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror, by Michael Ignatieff
Anti-anti-neoconservatism
Bush, anti-neoconservatives, and anti-anti-neoconservatism.
A More Perfect Union
D.W. Griffith, once a famous film pioneer, is remembered for just one thing today...
The Regime of Free Speech
Confronting the paradox that strong government is a necessary condition for the existence of a free society.
The Last Jeffersonian
Nathaniel Hawthorne was perhaps the last Jeffersonian in American politics.
Counting Every Vote
A review of Fraud of the Century: Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel Tilden, and the Stolen Election of 1876, by Roy Morris, Jr.
and Centennial Crisis: The Disputed Election of 1876, by William H. Rehnquist
The France of Jacques Chirac
Jacques Chirac and the French betrayal of America
Mythical Friends, Meet Mythical Enemies
Correcting the myth that America and France are sister republics with shared ideals, purposes, and strategies.
Anti-anti-Americanism
Revel highlights the most irresponsible expressions of anti-American sentiment in Europe.
Machiavelli at War
A new translation of Art of War, by Niccolò Machiavelli.
Our Interest Guided by Our Justice
Alexander Hamilton and American foreign policy.
Subjugation and Extermination
Lincoln set a high standard for leadership in time of war.
Cultures of War
In an uncertain world, history can also tell us who we are and for what, if necessary, we fight.
Is God in the Details?
A review of Modern Physics and Ancient Faith, by Stephen M. Barr;
The Design Revolution: Answering the Toughest Questions about Intelligent Design, by William A. Dembski;
By Design: Science and the Search for God, by Larry Witham;
Slouching Towards Pluralism
Three trends of religious pluralism in American history.
Great Expectations
Weigel hopes to inspire youthful souls toward a way of life far more erotic and rational.
The Spirit’s Breath
Identical translations of original texts constitute a rare occurrence in the history of the English Bible.
History Plays
Shakespeare's ability to provoke a variety of thoughtful responses is one measure of his enduring greatness.
From the Top
Plato is studied more carefully than he was a generation or two ago.
Plato’s Poetry
The ancient quarrel between the philosophers and the poets concerns the meaning of life and death.
Les Intellectuels
Linking Camus and Sartre.
Palestinian Authority
Culture wars and the legacy of Edward Said.
Practice Does Not Make Perfect
Jeffrey Stout and the question of democracy.
Chivalry Now
Is chivalry dead?
Beauty Betrayed
A review of The Rape of the Masters: How Political Correctness Sabotages Art, by Roger Kimball
A More Perfect Union
John Quincy Adams and the recovery of the foundations of American constitutionalism.
A More Demanding Curriculum
Reviving liberal education in a free society.