The Real America
Mary Ann Glendon Thanks to Greg Weiner (and the commenters) for taking on my original piece, which has gathered far more attention than I had anticipated. Greg argues that, “It has become commonplace...
View ArticleRémi Brague Strikes Again
Rémi Brague, professor emeritus at the Sorbonne, and the subject of a post I wrote on the complicated western history of the Law of God, argues in a recent essay “The Impossibility of Secular Society”...
View ArticleEdmund Burke’s Perennial Liberty
Books reviewed in this essay: The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin, by Corey Robin. Oxford University Press. The Common Mind: Politics, Society and Christian Humanism...
View ArticleCitizen or Consumer? Michael Munger Responds
When it comes to voting by citizens in a democracy, there are four essential questions, as I see it, in marrying up the “should” and the “is.” How do citizens and consumers actually choose? How should...
View ArticleBitcoin’s Creation of Order without Law
Modern fiat currencies depend for their value on confidence in the laws of the states that issue them. Some nations, like the United States with its established central bank, inspire substantial...
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