German philosopher and theologian (1770–1831)
The year 1776 was the high watermark of the Enlightenment. Adam Smith wrote The Wealth of Nations, and Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. Both works were grounded in…
Kathryn Jean Lopez of National Review Online asks readers to spend some time thinking about freedom. … [W]hat is freedom, anyway? Our debates aren’t worth a dime without knowing what…
Victor Davis Hanson‘s latest column at National Review Online focuses on current threats to one of Americans’ most basic rights. Free speech and artistic and intellectual expression have been controversial…
Charles Murray explains for Wall Street Journal readers why liberals are not to blame for progressives’ foibles. A few weeks ago, I was thrown into a situation where I shared…
… you’re incensed over the Hobby Lobby ruling, especially if you wish to believe — or desire others to believe — the ruling was about preventing women from gaining access…
I just finished Jonah Goldberg’s excellent book The Tyranny of Cliches: How the Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas. Each of the 24 chapters debunks a liberal cliché with…
Joe Bast is the founding president of the Heartland Institute in Chicago and one of the founders of the State Policy Network. I have known him since the late 1980s,…
I participate on a listserv of veterans of the Army Security Agency Field Station in Berlin. One of my former associates posted a rant against the “Tea Party blow hards…
Terry, If the NC Public School Forum believes that the Constitution and the founding are irrelevant to the problems we face today, they should go on record urging the removal…
I realize I am likely in the minority on this, but the speech by Lew Rockwell, noted this week in the Locker Room, leaves much to be desired. There…
I have enjoyed this little debate, Troy. Far from nauseam, the issues we cover here are vital. 1) I am aware and sensitive to counter arguments for the most part. …
I always find gems in the weekly email summary of the Ashbrook Center blog. Here is a book review from its Christmas reading list. Jonah Goldberg, Liberal Fascism: The Totalitarian…