Abigail Olin, Author at The American Spectator

Abigail Olin, Author at The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

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Playing the High Card: Arguing From Philosophy

by Abigail Olin | Nov 13, 2010

Last autumn, The Conservative Agenda Project asked a number of young conservatives, primarily students working on the conservative newspapers in the Collegiate Network sponsored by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, to submit an essay on how they talk to their fellow…