Why Private Big Tech Bias Is Just As Bad As Government Censorship
Anyone who would worry about censorship and bias from the state should also worry when it comes from big tech companies. Here’s why.
How Big Philanthropy Helps Big Government Ruin Society
By emphasizing the importance of local knowledge and gradual reform, conservatives can play a special role in keeping philanthropy tethered to charity and to the Tocquevillian vision of associational life.
Why We Need The Oscars, Even Though The Show Gets Worse Every Single Year
What’s bad for the Oscars really is bad for America. Movies are far more important for our sense of right and wrong than we like to admit.
No, Steven Pinker, The Enlightenment Doesn’t Pit Reason Against Faith
Steven Pinker oversimplifies the Enlightenment by claiming it pits reason against faith. In fact, the Enlightenment sprung from Christian ideas of nature.
If It Weren’t For The Constitution, America Would Be A ‘Sh-thole’ Country, Too
President Trump was right that some countries are ‘sh-tholes,’ but we should remember that America is different because it was fortunate enough to be born free.
In A Religiously And Politically Polarized Country, Is There Still Hope For Shared Ground?
Alexis de Tocqueville believed Christianity provided a common moral language for the American people. But what happens when faith is on the decline?
Why Demanding Equality In All Things Makes Us Narcissists
The individual, many believe, must be cared for in all things despite the cost to others (a narcissistic notion)—all in the name of equality.
Tocqueville’s Private Thoughts About The French Revolution Revealed
Newly translated and carefully edited, ‘Recollections’ contains Tocqueville’s thoughts ‘in the raw’ as a participant in the upheavals that shook France between 1848 and 1853.
At Last Peter Lawler Can Talk To Vaclav Benda And Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn In Person
The renowned and sought-after scholar was more than an intellectual giant—he was a humble and considerate friend as well.
Ramming The Country Towards Impeachment Will Be Disastrous
Getting President Trump impeached may give Democrats short-term victory. But by infuriating rural voters, it’s sure to widen the schism between our ‘two Americas.’
To Repair Our Fractured Republic, Get To Know Your Neighbors
Social capital depends on real presence. It’s the sort of connection that only happens via geographic proximity, not on social media.
The Art Of Living And Writing Freely Can Save Us From Ourselves
In his new book ‘The Art of Being Free,’ James Poulos puts twenty-first-century popular culture and the Western canon in a blender and comes up with a wholly original book that reshapes what we think about freedom.
Don’t Dismiss Populism Because Of Donald Trump
It is a mistake for American leaders and those currently recoiling at the populist fervor gripping the nation to simply blame populism’s existence on a few demagogic pot stirrers.
Tocqueville’s Insights Into Donald Trump’s Identity Politics
The lesson in Donald Trump’s failure and success is an old one: in politics, class does not come first in America. Race relations, particularly those defined long ago by race slavery, do.
What We Can Learn From Tocqueville’s Insights Into Crime
Alexis de Tocqueville originally visited America to study its prison system. Certain patterns he observed influence the current, critical state of our criminal justice system.
#FreeStacy: The Old Regime and the Twitter Revolution
Social media like Twitter allows users to control their own flow of information. But the old regime of gatekeepers is trying to reassert itself.
How Tocqueville Schooled Bernie Sanders 200 Years Ago
Bernie Sanders appears to think all we need to be happy is more money. Alexis de Tocqueville dismantled that idea two centuries ago.
Tocqueville Identified The Original Beta Males: Europeans
Alexis de Tocqueville chronicled long ago the American character that rose up to protect the weak and punish the evil. A recent DC crime incident suggests we’re descending into a nation of beta males.
For The West, Christian Hunting Is The Sport Of Lawmakers And Judges
Washington DC’s City Council is moving to force religious schools to pay for employee abortions and on-campus gay advocacy organizations.
How Republicans Can Address The War on Women
North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan is beating up challenger Thom Tillis, despite her rotten record. Here’s what the women giving her an edge are thinking.
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