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February 1, 2019|Elizabeth Warren, Frederic Bastiat, Gun Control, Kamala Harris, Medicare for All

How Populist Progressives Ignore the Unseen

by John O. McGinnis|

Senator Kamala Harris (D-Ca.) speaking at her 2020 presidential campaign announcement rally in Oakland, California on January 27, 2019 (Image: InFootage / Shutterstock.com).
What separates a wise political economist or politician from a foolish one is the ability to consider the unseen consequences of their policies.

January 24, 2019|Beto O'Rourke, Equality, Kamala Harris, Liberalism, post-liberalism, radicalism

The Woke and the Dead

by Brian A. Smith|

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii addresses the National Guard Association of the United States General Conference in Baltimore, MD, Sept. 12, 2016. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jim Greenhill/Alamy Stock Photo).
The Democratic primary may well offer the most demanding test of virtue-signaling ever yet devised outside of Ivy League presidential searches.

January 18, 2019|Affordable Care Act, DACA, Kamala Harris, Mazie Hirono, William Barr

Why Bill Barr Is Trump’s Best Appointment

by John O. McGinnis|

William P. Barr appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee for confirmation as Attorney General, January 17, 2019 (Christy Bowe/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News).
No cabinet official can get a President in more trouble faster than his Attorney General, and Trump has made the right choice with Bill Barr.

January 19, 2017|Betsey DeVos, Interest Groups, Jim Mattis, Kamala Harris, Kirsten Gillebrand, Steve Russell, Tim Kaine

Confirmation Hearings as a Window into Political Pathologies

by John O. McGinnis|

Writing footnotes to a law review article can be a tedious business and I sometimes relieve the boredom by listening to background music or information.  Currently, that background consists of broadcasts of the confirmation hearings of President’s nominees. I have found them quite enlightening although not in the way that our politicians would like. Some Democratic prospects for 2020 are still caught up in the blinders that doomed Clinton’s campaign this year. Senator Kamala Harris used her time to ask the nominee for the Director of CIA about his willingness to follow LGTB friendly policies for employees at the agency. Senator…

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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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