Politics & Power

As Goes Reid, So Goes America (Maybe, Unfortunately)

Harry Reid's election in Nevada is all about an argument over the direction of the American system. Would that we could argue about the nature of that system instead.

The Population Bomb

Not with a bang, but a whimper . . .

The Cost of Everything

Without proper accounting, there can be neither honest pricing nor clean water.

What Military-Industrial Complex?

A "senior stateman" avows ignorance of Leviathan.

Gridlock and the Common Good

Events may soon conspire to force a conversation about the common good and the limits of power. Until that happens, gridlock may be the best option.

Hadley Arkes on Free Speech

Writing at Public Discourse (of which I am the managing editor), Hadley Arkes criticizes conservatives and liberals and defends the notion that communities can...

American Self-Loathing

Anti-Washington Animus as Self-loathing.

Why I Hope Westboro Baptist Church, the ACLU, and Dahlia Lithwick...

Free speech is a good thing. Respecting the value of the whole community is a better one.

Austerity Measures Spark Riots in Europe

Shades of things to come?

Is There a Conservative Tradition in America?

The answer is hardly obvious.