People Who Love Free Speech Can Protect It By Exercising Their Right Virtuously
Speech codes and restrictions enforced by social media companies, university administrations, or government are not solutions to the problem.
Ryan Holiday On How To Courageously Stand Up To The Mob
Holiday joined Ben Domenech to discuss his book ‘Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave,’ and how courage plays into politics and culture today.
This Is The Instagram Crisis That No One Is Talking About
Social media can damage kids’ self-esteem, but the solution isn’t so much hyper-focusing on better self-image as it is not obsessing over self-image at all.
Why School Choice Isn’t Enough To Really Improve American Education
Instituting school vouchers and allowing money to follow students will not mean much if charter and private schools end up offering more of the same thing.
Russell Crowe Is Right, If You Think ‘Master And Commander’ Is Boring, You Need To Grow Up
The 2003 epic film about masculine virtue isn’t for woke zoomers and permanently adolescent millennials.
How To Stop Schools From Replacing True Virtue With Leftist Virtue Signaling
After purging public schools of Judeo-Christian virtues, the left replaced them with five pseudo-virtues: tolerance, inclusivism, egalitarianism, multiculturalism, and environmentalism.
Why I Still Fly An American Flag With Pride
If future generations are to look upon Old Glory and see it as a symbol of hope, freedom, and justice, we must always protect and defend what we know to be true about it.
What Calvin Coolidge Said On The Declaration of Independence’s 150th Anniversary
To honor the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, President Calvin Coolidge gave a stirring speech on the values of faith and freedom that rings like a bell today.
Media’s Unpunished Lies Hurt The Nation Far Worse Than Trump’s Indefensible Tweets
The grim joke of the 20th century was that one death is a tragedy, 1 million is a statistic. Well, in the 21st century age of information warfare, one man’s libel is an outrage. When thousands do it, we call that ‘the news.’
If You Want Public Justice, Practice Private Virtue
Justice is every bit as private as it is public. Because justice is about proper behavior in society, it also requires proper behavior as an individual.
To Do Something Truly Courageous, You Have To Mean To
Dr. Larry P. Arnn teaches the Greek philosopher Aristotle’s ‘Nichomachean Ethics,’ explaining that he defines courage as ‘the right disposition toward pain.’
A Long Life Of Good Character Comes From Our Everyday Decisions
‘There are obstacles, temptations and confusions that are in the way, but if you think about it and you keep your soul in order and your attitude right, then you will make better choices.’
Happiness Isn’t Just A Feeling. It Takes Work
Many associate happiness with wealth, prosperity, and pleasure. But Aristotle challenges humans to view happiness as an activity — striving to fulfill a purpose.
To Depolarize Our Politics, Aristotle Would Prescribe Some Virtue
A healthy political sphere relies on ethical, virtuous individuals who focus on their communities and not solely on themselves.
Conservatives Need To Stop Shooting At Each Other And Start Fighting The Left
Statesmanship requires knowing when it’s time to gather your allies, and when it’s time to strap on your armor and wage the battles that need to be won.
Why Right And Wrong Are Just As Objective As Science
Just as the nature of a chair points toward an end (supporting you while you sit), so the nature of man also points toward an end. But what is that end?
Take This True Or False Quiz To See If Your Feelings Need A Reality Check
How should we view these powerful sensations, and what role should they play in our lives?
Reading The Great Books Well Should Transcend Moralism
Karen Swallow Prior’s ‘On Reading Well’ offers some excellent advice for drawing moral lessons from literature, but sometimes great art proves so ambiguous that drawing pat conclusions is difficult.
Virtue Signaling Is Now A Cheap, Prolific Substitute For Actual Virtue
The less prone we are to self-examination, the more self-aggrandizing we become in our denunciations. It’s making our society harsher.
You Need To Do A Lot More Than Voting To Be A Good Citizen
It is one thing for a guitar player to not understand the physics of a tube amplifier; it is another for a free citizen to not know the basics of the government he or she is part of.
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