Stumbling Toward Utopia: How the 1960s Turned Into a National Nightmare and How We Can Revive the American Dream By Timothy S. Goeglein (Fidelis Publishing, 192 pages, $23) Every once in a while, there is a book that, even for…
Herbert Spencer was once considered a towering figure in Western intellectual life. The ideas expounded by this “eminent Victorian” philosopher were imprinted on the minds of an entire generation of thinkers. While his reputation started to decline after his death…
Too many people pretend to have read The Wealth of Nations and I think it’s time to reclaim the importance of pretending to have read The Theory of Moral Sentiments. It is 301 years since Adam Smith was born and…
In light of favorable polling results from last week, the National Rally was confident of standing a chance — and perhaps even defeating — French President Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance party in France’s July 7 parliamentary elections. However, this week’s results…
David Boaz, the Cato Institute’s long-time executive vice president, left us last week. His passing was an obvious personal loss to his family and friends. It was a professional loss for the Cato Institute. It was political loss for libertarians….
Back in April the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute (RRPFI) announced the following: On June 5, 2024, twenty years after the passing of former President Ronald Reagan, speakers will reflect on his enduring legacy and examine his profound influence…
What happens when political grandees of a political party lose their grassroots support? We’ve already seen elite delamination happen in the GOP. The wealthy coastal business elites, AKA Bush Republicans, were defenestrated by Trump and the white working class. The…
‘Can liberty survive, and how can it survive, in a democratic society?’ –Tocqueville Nineteenth century French intellectual…
Sixty years ago, James Burnham’s book Suicide of the West was published to much acclaim from conservatives and much criticism by liberals. It was Burnham’s last book (other than a collection of his National Review columns titled The War We…
