In his philosophical dialogue Kuzari, the poet Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi portrayed an imagined series of talks between a Khazar king and religious representatives of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, as well as with a philosopher who did not identify with any…
The Constitution was designed to give government only a limited range of powers. Yet, government, today, wields a seemingly endless measure of power over the people. It’s time to ask: How limited was limited government meant to be? The framers of the Constitution…
Vivek Ramaswamy is 38 years old — quite young for a presidential candidate — but his proffered approach to U.S. foreign policy reveals wisdom beyond his years. In a recent essay in the American Conservative, Ramaswamy identifies George Washington, James…
Donald Trump won the 2016 nomination because he convinced Republicans that he was a fighter. It was clear that the Obama party was stopping at nothing to win. Obama himself had already renounced America’s great bipartisan accomplishment of embracing a…
Many of us are finding it hard to avoid being discouraged amidst all the turmoil around us. It seems that evil is on the march across the globe. I fear what lies ahead, and I find myself praying a lot…
Mary Ball Washington: The Untold Story of George Washington’s Mother By Craig Shirley (Harper, 368 pages, $30) “My great age, and the disease which is fast approaching my vitals, warn me that I shall not be long in this world….
Though his image still is widely recognizable, and his name adorns cities, counties, towns, and streets across the country, today’s students assuredly know more about Taylor Swift or Justin Bieber than the victorious commander of the American Revolution and the…
America has been drifting toward a level of corruption incompatible with a free society and a free-market economy. Political and economic freedom depend on the presence of a level of honesty that makes it possible for people to interact with…
The Religious Right has left. So says National Review fellow Nate Hochman, penning a long essay in the New York Times on the declining clout of religious conservatives. The New Right that continues to gain ground within the Republican Party…
