To Keep Our Republic, American Students Must Study The French Revolution
The French Revolution began with optimistic Age of Enlightenment slogans about ‘Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité,’ before quickly degenerating into the darkened recesses of human nature.
The Metric System Is Anti-Human Central Planning
All of metric’s shortcomings come back to the same point: it is great for science, but does not fit with the way people live their everyday lives.
Podcast: America’s Division Stems From Opposing Views Of Freedom
Author and social critic Os Guinness lays out how America’s understanding of freedom is also our Achilles’ heel. Listen now to The Federalist Radio Hour.
Ideological Purity Runs Rampant At The Texas GOP Convention
In America’s reddest state, moderation and prudence are increasingly seen as a betrayal of conservatism and a reason to purge the GOP.
What’s Wrong With Using Solely Reason To Undergird A Political Philosophy
Conservatives (and libertarians) must confront the Enlightenment’s failures, and address the philosophical triumph of its critics.
Dear Conservatives: The Enlightenment Is Not The Enemy
Some conservatives are dismissing the eighteenth-century Enlightenment and trying to surrender its brilliant legacy to the enemies of Enlightenment on the Left.
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.
Why We Should Keep The Confederate Monuments Right Where They Are
Tearing down Confederate statues, or any monuments from our history, will not change the past. But it will make for a poorer, less enlightened future.
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.
Let’s Convert Facebook From Our Id To Our Classroom
Instead of thinking we’re the Free French in World War II carrying out ‘the resistance,’ let’s act like the French in the eighteenth-century literary salons, sharing texts and discussing ideas.
Why We Need Edmund Burke Now More Than Ever
Edmund Burke advocated for a political version of HGTV’s ‘Fixer Upper.’ Take the old, and revive it. Fix what’s broken—don’t just start over.
Trump’s Support Suggests The French Revolution Is Finally Hitting America
The French Revolution and the Trump campaign are marked by an acute loss of restraint while demanding a redress of legitimate grievances.
Elizabeth Vigée Le Brun: The Avatar Painter Of Marie Antoinette’s Day
Elizabeth Vigée Le Brun created attractive, engaging images that were designed to tell the viewer what the sitter wanted them to know.
Why The American Founders Cared About Happiness
‘The pursuit of happiness’ shouldn’t confuse people who study the American founders.
How John Adams Helps Explain The American Mind
The dispute between John Adams and Edmund Burke can illuminate today’s differences between American and European conservatives.
Is Burke The Right Role Model For American Conservatives?
Charles Kesler interviews Yuval Levin on Edmund Burke and the radicalism and conservatism of the American Founding.
Why Modernity Happened In The West
It’s remarkably unfashionable to study—or even talk about—the West these days.
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