George Will's Guide to Conserving the Founders' Liberalism
Patrick Deneen''.ord('Ã').';'''.ord('¢').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'s disdainful review last month in the Washington Post of George...
View ArticleFukuyama's 'The End of History?' -- 30 Years Later
The love of liberty has nourished our nation since before its founding. Yet classical liberalism, which ought to provide common ground for left and right in the United States, is under attack today by...
View ArticleIsaiah Berlin's Many-Sided Concept of Liberty
Speaking in praise of freedom has fallen out of fashion in American politics. That throws public discourse out of step with the...
View ArticleCriticisms Illustrate Need for State Dept. Human Rights Panel
In early July, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo launched the Commission on Unalienable Rights. ''.ord('Ã').';'''.ord('¢').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'The...
View ArticleUnalienable Rights, Reconstruction, and Constitutional Continuity
Perhaps at no time since the decade or so preceding the Civil War have debates about America''.ord('Ã').';'''.ord('¢').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'s commitment to...
View ArticleAmerica's Proud Legacy of Liberty
As the second decade of the 21st century draws to a close, the American experiment in free and democratic self-government confronts two decisive challenges. One stems from an illiberal and...
View ArticleRemedying Polarization With Constitutionalism
To secure the rights that inhere in all persons, American constitutional government weaves together competing principles and promotes compromise among rival interests even as it presupposes a citizenry...
View Article1619, and Respecting the Facts of America's Founding
Beneath the rancor of our everyday politics rages a longstanding debate instigated by professors and journalists about the convictions that truly underlie the founding and unfolding of the United...
View ArticleRediscovering Western Civilization
Humanities courses in America''.ord('Ã').';'''.ord('¢').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'s best universities are apt these days to denigrate, or even deny the reality of,...
View ArticleLiberal Democracy's Advantage in Addressing COVID-19
''.ord('Ã').';'''.ord('¢').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'While in Beijing, the WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom [Ghebreyesus] extolled China as a model in the war...
View ArticleThe Centrality of Religious Liberty
Since last month when government officials at all levels began to direct Americans to practice social distancing, avoid events involving more than 10 people, stay at home, and shelter in place, public...
View ArticleRights and Regulation in the Internet Age
In Book I of ''.ord('Ã').';'''.ord('¢').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'Plato''.ord('Ã').';'''.ord('¢').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'s...
View ArticlePride, Humility, and America’s Dedication to Human Rights
The callous taking of George Floyd''.ord('Ã').';'''.ord('¢').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'s life has provoked both peaceful protests and violent rioting in American...
View ArticleThe United States, National Traditions, and Human Rights
After almost a year of study, public meetings, and deliberations, the State Department''.ord('Ã').';'''.ord('¢').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'s Commission on...
View ArticleRegrounding U.S. Diplomacy in America’s Founding Principles
The yearlong controversy over the State Department''.ord('Ã').';'''.ord('¢').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'s Commission on Unalienable Rights illustrates the potency of...
View ArticleThe China Challenge and America's Founding Principles
Between June 24 and July 22, National Security Adviser Robert O''.ord('Ã').';'''.ord('¢').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'Brien, FBI Director Christopher Wray, Attorney...
View ArticleChina's Brand of Communism
Communism is back in the news. That''.ord('Ã').';'''.ord('¢').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'s in part because the Trump administration has made a national priority of...
View ArticleChina, Foreign Affairs, and the Anti-Ideology Delusion
The China challenge has revived an old and often arid quarrel about the relationship in foreign affairs between ideas and interests. Reconsidering that quarrel in light of the ideas that the Chinese...
View ArticleThe Pattern and Purpose of China’s Actions
Foreign policy, it is said, seldom determines U.S. elections. Nevertheless, external threats ''.ord('Ã').';'''.ord('¢').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';' and the measures...
View Article'The Elements of the China Challenge': A Reply to Critics
In mid-November, the State Department''.ord('Ã').';'''.ord('¢').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'''.ord('Â').';'''.ord('').';'s Policy Planning Staff -- I serve as the director -- published...
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