The Enlightenment Ideal Of Reason Has Absolutely Vindicated Itself
Enlightenment ideas have a long track record that shows the ideal of reason is not an illusion but a commonplace reality.
The Kavanaugh Hearings Are About Reason Versus Emotion
Evidence and logic are not what we heard about in most of the reactions to the Kavanaugh hearings. What we heard is how the testimony made people feel.
Making The ‘Miracle’: Jonathan Mayhew And The Enlightenment In America
If you want to know how the American ‘miracle’ came to happen, start with 18th-century preacher Jonathan Mayhew, in the book ‘Father of Liberty.’
Unfrozen Caveman Intellectual: Jonah Goldberg’s Strangely Dark Enlightenment
Jonah Goldberg’s defense of the legacy of the Enlightenment ends up being mostly a rehearsal of boilerplate 20th-century American conservatism.
Steven Pinker Shows How To Defend The Enlightenment Without Really Trying
Steven Pinker makes a good case that something has been going right in the modern world, but you’re on your own if you want to define exactly what that is.
For The Left, The Enlightenment Is Just Another Excuse To Cry ‘Racism’
Jamelle Bouie gives us a critique of the Enlightenment from the Left, and it’s exactly what you were expecting: another excuse to call everyone racist.
Cathy Young Discusses Feminists, Socialism, And The Enlightenment On Federalist Radio
Journalist Cathy Young weighs in on topical debates like The Enlightenment’s role in racism and whether feminism is good for women.
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.
The West Isn’t Committing Suicide, It’s Dying Of Natural Causes
Jonah Goldberg’s ‘Suicide of the West’ fails to acknowledge that the threat to liberal democratic capitalism is far deeper than tribalism or nationalism gone awry.
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.
No, We Wouldn’t Be Better Off If The American Revolution Never Happened
Trump Derangement Syndrome is inspiring all sorts of craziness… like the suggestion that we’d be better off if we were Canada.
3 Major Mistakes People Make About Media Bias
To be really free, we must think things through for ourselves and draw our own conclusions. Bias interferes with this process, and neutral writing can help.
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