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December 4, 2019|Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's Statesmanship and the Limits of Liberal Democracy

Lincoln and Liberal Democracy

by Forrest A. Nabors|

Abraham Lincoln Memorial (photo by Mark Swaroop, shutterstock.com)
Americans should always be reminded that democracy can gravely err in deciding questions of justice.

October 2, 2019|1619 Project, Abraham Lincoln, American Founding, Declaration of Independence, New York Times, Slavery

The New York Times Resurrects the Positive Good Slavery Argument

by W. B. Allen|

Advertisement for "American slavery distinguished from the slavery of English theorists, and justified by the law of Nature" by Rev. Samuel Seabury, D.D.
The “1619 Project” can deliver on its promissory only by enslaving free labor.

September 27, 2019|Abraham Lincoln, Edmund Burke, Greg Weiner, prudence

The First Virtue of Old Whigs: Prudence in Burke and Lincoln

by Daniel E. Ritchie|

Image of Abraham Lincoln from Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-19200 (digital file from original photograph) LC-USZ62-15303 (b&w film copy neg.) and Portrait of Edmund Burke from studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds oil on canvas, circa 1769 or after, National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG 655
Weiner’s Old Whigs offers a persuasive account of how Burke and Lincoln negotiate the tensions between principle and prudence.

September 4, 2019|Abraham Lincoln, America, American history, Bill McClay, Civic Education, Howard Zinn, Land of Hope, Slavery

An Invitation to the Land of Hope: A Conversation with Bill McClay

by Wilfred M. McClay|

Bill McClay talks with Richard Reinsch about his new book, Land of Hope.

August 1, 2019|Abraham Lincoln, American Revolution, Battle-Pieces, Billy Budd, Herman Melville, Mardi, Moby-Dick, Napoleon Bonaparte

Melville’s Thoughts on Liberty

by John E. Alvis|

Detail image from 1860 photograph of Herman Melville, Library of Congress Rare Book Division, LC-USZ62-39759 (b&w film copy neg.)
Moby-Dick’s author believed that when we use our liberty to discharge our duties, we express the highest that humanity is capable of.

July 2, 2019|Abraham Lincoln, Edmund Burke, Executive Power, Old Whigs, Winston Churchill

The Delusions of the Ideologue and the Wisdom of the Statesman: A Conversation with Greg Weiner

by Greg Weiner|

Greg Weiner returns to Liberty Law Talk to discuss what it means to be an Old Whig.

June 17, 2019|Abraham Lincoln, Aristotle, Carl Schmitt, Donald Trump, Max Weber, Trump and Political Philosophy

Donald Trump and the Political Philosophers

by Paul Seaton|

Image: oleskalashnik / Shutterstock.com
Can political philosophy help us think about Trump and contemporary America?

April 30, 2019|Abraham Lincoln, Federalist 49, James Ceaser, John Marini, John Marshall, Lyceum Address

Should James Ceaser Ditch His “FED 49” License Plate?

by Christopher James Wolfe|

The Lincoln Memorial at night (Engel Ching / Shutterstock.com)
Forget about venerating the fake Constitution taught in elite law schools, and remember to venerate the Constitution of the founders’ philosophy.

February 18, 2019|Abraham Lincoln, Congress, Donald Trump, Executive Power, National Emergencies Act, Separation of Powers, Thomas Jefferson

Government by Emergency: Are Two Generations of Crisis Enough?

by Greg Weiner|

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The oldest emergency proclamation dates to the Carter Administration, 40 years ago. Two generations of crisis are enough.

December 17, 2018|Abraham Lincoln, Civil Religion, Cold War, Foreign Policy, George Washington, Iraq War, Progressivism, The Tragedy of U.S. Foreign Policy, Theodore Roosevelt

American Heresies and the Betrayal of the National Interest: A Conversation with Walter McDougall

by Walter A. McDougall|

Walter McDougall discusses how America's civil religion has shaped our foreign policy.
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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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