Articles tagged as Liberalism
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“A Jurisprudential Red Pill: Part I” — Evelyn Blacklock
Evelyn Blacklock reviews Prof. Adrian Vermeule's "Common Good Constitutionalism," which argues that both originalism and living constitutionalism have abandoned the classical legal tradition. -
“The False Allure of the Pagan Right” — Daniel Mahoney in Law and Liberty
In a review of Matthew Rose’s A World After Liberalism, Prof. Mahoney argues that atheists on the Right and the Left need the same remedy: a renewed commitment to reason and faith. Some excerpts: “‘We are living in a postliberal moment. After three decades of dominance, liberalism is losing its hold on Western minds.’ So […] -
Podcast: “America on Trial” discussing the American founding with author Robert Reilly
Robert Reilly is a writer and senior fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council. He has published on topics of US foreign policy and “war of ideas.” He walks us through his timely new book, America on Trial: A Defense of the Founding, which pushes back on recent theorists who have argued that the American […] -
“Originalism Has Failed”: Gunnar Gundersen in The American Mind
In an essay for a symposium at The American Mind, James Wilson Institute Affiliated Attorney and Fellowship Faculty member Gunnar Gundersen argues, in agreement with Harvard Law professor Adrian Vermeule, that originalism has failed and is merely a mask for liberalism. According to Gundersen, a jurisprudence that truly captured the furnishings of mind of the […] -
“A Guide for the Perplexed” –Prof. Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing
Without any other Republican candidates other than Donald Trump holding a viable path to the party’s presidential nomination, many Republicans are left with a difficult choice in the general election. Prof. Hadley Arkes reflects in The Catholic Thing on the sobering realities which render Mr. Trump a weak figurehead for the conservative cause, while also noting the […] -
“Lessons of Nixon’s Departure”– Prof. Hadley Arkes in National Review Online
Writing in National Review Online, Prof. Hadley Arkes discusses the question "did the Nixon scandal and his impeachment really vindicate 'the rule of law'?"