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Behind the “-Isms”

by Reuven Brenner

The use of -isms distract us from the basic question: what political and private institutions are better at matching people to capital.

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Stuck With Decadence

by Ross Douthat

Ross Douthat discusses with Richard Reinsch his new book The Decadent Society.

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Ursula Le Guin and the Persistence of Tragedy

by Brian A. Smith

We ought to read The Dispossessed to appreciate complexity—and the imperfection of our theories in the face of life’s messy reality.

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Featured Posts

March 13

The Faithful Justice

by Kevin Walsh

Despite the powerful sense of his absence from our temporal world, the mortal Justice Scalia is very present in these pages.

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March 11

Mass Incarceration Is in the Eye of the Beholder

by Clark Neily

Our system has become utterly cavalier in its use of the criminal sanction.

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March 12

American Agonistes

by Richard M. Reinsch II

Caldwell’s Age of Entitlement argues that the civil rights state is the anvil upon which our nation wages its incessant political contests.

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March 10

The Inner Life of the American Communist

by James R. Rogers

Despite Gornick’s good intentions, the painful end of the Communist romance dominates her book from start to finish.

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March 9

Between Complacency and Panic

by Theodore Dalrymple

Coronavirus suggests one important truth: dependence on a single country is to industry what dependence on monoculture is to agriculture.

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March 12

Elizabeth Warren: Candidate of the Faculty Lounge

by John O. McGinnis

The reaction to the end of Warren’s campaign captures the blindness of the academic lounge and the establishment press to which it is intimately connected.

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Liberty Law Forum

An Incarceration Nation?

by Barry Latzer

Compared to Europe, Canada and Australia the honest answer is “yes—but with good reason.”

Responses

  • Mass Incarceration Is in the Eye of the Beholder

    by Clark Neily

    Our system has become utterly cavalier in its use of the criminal sanction.
  • With Good Reason, Indeed

    by Rafael A. Mangual

    The best way to explain why we incarcerate so much is to explore what would happen if we didn’t.
  • The Undeniable Reality of Mass Incarceration in America

    by Stephen F. Smith

    We do imprison too many, and Latzer unduly minimizes the breathtaking severity of America’s criminal justice system.
  • Do Plea Bargains and Jail Stays Contribute to Mass Incarceration?

    by Barry Latzer

    Debates should continue about root causes, but attacking incarceration is not the right way forward.

Book Reviews

A Mirror of the 20th-Century Congress

by Joseph Postell

Wright undermined the very basis of his local popularity—the decentralized nature of the House—by supporting reforms that gave power to the party leaders.

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The Graces of Flannery O'Connor

by Henry T. Edmondson III

O'Connor's correspondence is a goldmine of piercing insight and startling reflections on everything from literature to philosophy to raising peacocks.

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Liberty Classics

Rereading Politica in the Post-Liberal Moment

by Glenn A. Moots

Althusius offers a rich constitutionalism that empowers persons to thrive alongside one another in deliberate communities.

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James Fenimore Cooper and the American Experiment

by Melissa Matthes

In The American Democrat, James Fenimore Cooper defended democracy against both mob rule and majority tyranny.

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Podcasts

Stuck With Decadence

A discussion with Ross Douthat

Ross Douthat discusses with Richard Reinsch his new book The Decadent Society.

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Can the Postmodern Natural Law Remedy Our Failing Humanism?

A discussion with Graham McAleer

Graham McAleer discusses how postmodern natural law can help us think more coherently about human beings and our actions.

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Did the Civil Rights Constitution Distort American Politics?

A discussion with Christopher Caldwell

Christopher Caldwell discusses his new book, The Age of Entitlement.

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America, Land of Deformed Institutions

A discussion with Yuval Levin

Yuval Levin pinpoints that American alienation and anger emerges from our weak political, social, and religious institutions.

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