Recovering Our Common Sense Means Rediscovering The Divine
A recently translated book by French theologian Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, ‘Thomistic Common Sense,’ argues that modernity has made a lot of life’s basic questions more complicated than they need to be.
Codevilla’s Final Work: Stopping The Decay Of Western Civilization Begins With A Great Educational Reset
Problems with education bespeak civilizational ones, of which the phenomenon of Davos Man is but one manifestation.
Leftists Are Living In A Fantasy World While Burning The Real One To The Ground
Adding extreme social leftism to the usual political greed and stupidity has been catastrophic, from the military to education to border security.
Calling Natural Law ‘White Nationalism’ Is Racist, Period
Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley either doesn’t know what natural law is or he’s espousing fundamentally racist ideas. There’s no middle ground.
Jordan Peterson’s ‘Beyond Order’ Calls For Balance And Gratitude
‘Beyond Order,’ Jordan B. Peterson’s long-awaited new book, is an insightful, all-too-needed prescription for an anxious, angry, and divided world.
Critical Race Theory Is A Classic Communist Divide-And-Conquer Tactic
Rather than serve help heal the nation, critical race theory has proven to be poisonous to liberty, true community, and our common humanity.
No, ‘Cuties’ Is Not A Sophisticated Artistic Critique Of Child Pornography
The argument is that we should suspend moral judgment, that the film is a work of art with a complicated meaning, and the real problem is one of interpretation.
The Philosophy Of Wokeness: Spencer Klavan Traces The Intellectual Heritage Of The Modern Left
Spencer Klavan, host of “The Young Heretics” podcast, and Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky discuss on the philosophy of the modern left on The Federalist Radio Hour.
How ‘Don’t Judge’ Turned Into ‘Cancel The Bigots’
Our culture has gone from the ‘don’t judge’ mantra of a couple decades ago to judging everyone, but we did not reestablish a rational foundation for that judgment along the way.
Why Only Christianity, Not Identity Politics, Can Solve Racism
In contrast to critical theory, Christianity offers an identity as children of God that transcends our differences. It is thus that the sons of slaves and the sons of slaveowners can be brothers.
How To Recover Our Lost Understanding Of Natural Law
Philosopher Pierre Manent’s slim new volume ‘Natural Law and Human Rights,’ points the way toward recreating a society that is rooted in consent of the governed rather than fear.
Roger Scruton Taught Us To See The World In Its Mystery And Beauty
Roger Scruton has bodied forth a concrete ideal, and though most of us are destined to fall short of it, we can look to it through all the challenges that lie ahead as proof of how beautiful and noble a life can be.
Roger Scruton Is The Patron Saint Of Common Sense
Sir Roger Scruton was a warrior for Western culture. Culture was, for him, everything: ‘a vessel in which intrinsic values are captured and handed on to future generations.’
How Our Age’s Melancholy Stems From Loving Ourselves Too Much
Today’s era of despair, ennui, and selfishness can find remedies within ageless wisdom that the church reformer Martin Luther offered to his depressed friend 500 years ago.
Why The Left Loves Ta-Nehisi Coates
No other preeminent contemporary black intellectual has so strongly dissociated American Christianity from the successful acquisition of equal rights for black Americans.
Philosophers Defend Freedom to Question Transgenderism As Medical, Academic Professionals’ Jobs Are Threatened
Philosophy used to be about debate and trying to answer hard questions. Now it’s about toeing the line of ‘acceptable opinions’—or facing the consequences.
No, We Shouldn’t Stop Using Masculine Pronouns For God
If young Christians think God is a male, churches certainly have a problem to address. But using feminine pronouns or gender-neutral language is not the solution.
For Politicians To Win Back American Trust, Aristotle Suggests Prudence
Perhaps our politicians can learn something from Aristotle, and learn to pursue a good beyond themselves and for the country.
A Close Reading Of Federalist No. 10 Shows John Locke Doesn’t Have A Lock On The Founders
An investigation of those who made an impression on James Madison reveals the forgotten impact of two Founding Era philosophers: David Hume, and Adam Smith.
These Philosophers’ Conversion To Christianity Can Teach Partisans How To Talk To Each Other
Instead of assuming the worst in our ideological opponents and talking past each other, we should allow for the possibility that we may be wrong.
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