Yuval Levin explains why an 18th-century expert’s insights still offer value in the debate about capitalism’s benefits. We live in an era of collapsing public confidence in the foundations of…
Tracy Lee Simmons writes for the Federalist about the importance of civilization. Is the question of “What is civilization” even worth asking? Let me suggest that this question, as abstract…
Far too many equate compassion and morality with government programs. Here's why they're wrong.
The John Locke Foundation’s namesake appears on a new list of 12 great books everyone should read. Compiled by Bruce Riley Ashford and posted at First Things, the list includes…
Harry Lewis writes for the Martin Center about higher expectations for higher education. Former Harvard president Derek Bok has long lamented that our institutions of higher education largely underperform in…
Michael Tanner‘s latest column for National Review Online explores the “moral dimension” of our national debt. “Oh Lord, give me chastity,” St. Augustine is reputed to have said. “But don’t…
To promote an article exploring the case for antinatalism, the New Republic recently tweeted: Which illicit some amusing responses, including these:
John Allison writes at National Review Online about the importance of making a moral case for capitalism. Progressives want to accelerate the country’s century-long shift toward socialism with a long…
Among many in the Democratic Party, attacking the rich is back in style. Some popular Democrats contend that large concentrations of wealth are, at best, unseemly and, at worst, absolutely…
Fred Bauer writes for National Review Online’s blog “The Corner” about the potentially debilitating impact of political anger. The assumption that anger confers moral force suffuses the contemporary culture war.…
From his neglected, especially among economists, Theory of Moral Sentiments: Nature, when she formed man for society, endowed him with an original desire to please, and an original aversion to offend…
I've long written about the need to cherish the many things in life above politics, especially including the ability to break bread together even if you have political differences. So…