On the Slaughter Bench of History
Remembering the Great War after 100 years
Essays
On the Slaughter Bench of History
Remembering the Great War after 100 years
Natural Right and Art History
Two recent art exhibits make it harder to see things as they are.
Triumph and Tragedy
How civil rights went wrong.
John Adams vs. Edmund Burke
Who is more important for a truly American conservatism?
Deja Two
The disaster of a second Clinton co-presidency.
Extremism and Moderation
Barry Goldwater's notorious convention speech, 50 years later.
Hippie Days are Here Again
Correspondence
Crimea and International Law
The thrust of Jeremy Rabkin’s “A More Dangerous World†(Spring 2014) is clear.
Book Reviews
Freedom Fighters and Terrorists
A review of A Citizen's Guide to Terrorism and Counterterrorism, by Christopher C. Harmon
The Empire Has No Tailors
The Empire Has No Tailors
Agreeing to Disagree
Agreeing to Disagree
Originalist Sin
A review of Originalism and the Good Constitution, by John O. McGinnis and Michael B. Rappaport
A Broadside for Liberty
A Broadside for Liberty
Rebel with a Better Cause
Does any conservative understand the American Left better than David Horowitz?
Selling America Short, and Nasty
Selling America Short, and Nasty
Seeds of Monarchy?
A review of The Once and Future King: The Rise of Crown Government in America, by F.H. Buckley
The Private Faces of Public Virtue
As much as Machiavelli, who in the Discourses on Livy observed that a “corrupt people,†if it should obtain freedom, “can hardly preserve it,†Myron Magnet believes that private virtue is essential to the flourishing of a free society.
Thou Shalt Not Steal
The social teaching of the Catholic Church is a sizeable cloak of many colors.
A Riddle Wrapped in an Enigma
Jonathan Swift was one of the most secretive men who ever lived, the Howard Hughes of 18th-century Britain. Given how well-known his name is today, it comes as a surprise to learn that most of his writings were initially published anonymously.
City Limits
A review of Metamorphoses of the City: On the Western Dynamic, by Pierre Manent, translated by Marc LePain
The Income Inequality Racket
A review of Restoring Opportunity: The Crisis of Inequality and the Challenge for American Education, by Greg J. Duncan and Richard J. Murnane
Sense and Sensibility
Joseph Epstein is the author of scores of elegant literary essays and many excellent short stories.
Three Funerals
Two state funerals in less than two years is a lot for any nation to bear. The first, officiated by liberal commentators after the 2012 election,
George Anastaplo, 1925-2014
When George Anastaplo died on February 14, 2014, he was a distinguished professor at the Loyola University Law School and in the Basic Program in the Liberal Arts at the University of Chicago. He was also a professor emeritus at Dominican University (formerly Rosary College).