Culture
The Wonder of the Universe’s Weirdness
How quantum physics can push us to look up, in ‘desperate puzzlement.’
Civil Liberties Don’t Impede the Common Good—They Advance It
A look back at Robert P. George’s ‘Making Men Moral’ on its 30th anniversary.
Paranoia Will Destroy Ya
What the anti-liberals on the left and the post-liberals on the right have in common.
Blaise Pascal on Christian and Jew
The great thinker’s turn toward the theological has lessons for us even today.
The Privileged Few
‘The Holdovers’ shows that privilege is real but that the divisions it creates are not insurmountable.
The Thanksgiving Table Is Not Your Personal Stage
Choose gratitude over performative politics this holiday.
Of Course Thanksgiving Is the Best Holiday
Rigorous analysis reveals the undeniable superiority of stuffing, football, and gratitude.
Envy Poisons the Soul, but Gratitude Opens the Heart
This Thanksgiving, count your blessings and skip the arguments.
The Perils of a Culture of Critique
Moral relativism not only obfuscates right from wrong—it’s unable to respond to today’s radical ideologies.
‘The Conservative Mind’ at 70
A rising generation can still look to Russell Kirk’s classic for real inspiration.
A Disappointing ‘Frasier’ Reboot
The revival of the 1990s classic sitcom offers no justification for its own existence.
A New Organization Enters the Battle Over Academic Freedom
The American Academy of Sciences and Letters hopes to reform academia from within and from the outside.
Our Liberty Theme Park
Too many politically conservative Christians misunderstand America’s chief end.
Reflections on a Brain-Melting Masterpiece
Jorge Luis Borges’ 1940 short story mirrors the intrusiveness of identity politics.
