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Robert Frost: The Conversationalist as Poet

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Liszt and Lamartine: “Apparitions”

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Impeachment: The Left’s Ultimate Weapon

2020-01-28T00:57:22-06:00By Patrick J. Buchanan|

Music and the Transcendental

2020-01-27T15:45:15-06:00By Sir Roger Scruton|

The Gravity of Gravity: A Quick Look at Astronomy and Its Relevance

2020-01-27T15:30:06-06:00By Andrew Seeley|

Saving Christian Civilization Through Eros

2020-01-27T14:13:20-06:00By Peter S. Rieth|

The 2020 Election Will Render a Verdict on Progressivism

2020-01-25T23:58:09-06:00By Chuck Chalberg|

With Bright Wings: George Weigel’s “The Irony of Modern Catholic History”

2020-01-25T22:11:25-06:00By Dwight Longenecker|

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What Is the Constitution For?

2019-09-16T22:02:44-06:00By Bruce Frohnen|

The Coups Against the Constitution

2019-09-16T22:10:49-06:00By Paul Krause|

The 10th Amendment: A Clear, Firm Boundary Between Congress & the States

2019-09-13T00:05:00-06:00By Joerg Knipprath|

How Can the Constitution Survive?

2019-08-26T00:42:13-06:00By Jay Patrick Starliper|

Publius on the Relation of the Federal Government to the States

2019-11-12T15:11:10-06:00By Will Morrisey|

Colorado’s Enduring Constitutional Heritage

2019-11-27T14:07:10-06:00By David Kopel|

New York’s Admission to the Union

2019-07-25T22:07:51-06:00By Daniel Cotter|

We Hold These Truths: Thoughts on the U.S. Constitution

2019-11-14T14:53:37-06:00By Mortimer Adler|

The Declaration of Independence: Translucent Poetry

2019-07-03T21:24:51-06:00By Eva Brann|

American Liberty Reconsidered

2019-07-03T10:19:44-06:00By Lee Cheek|

Three Cheers for the Articles of Confederation

2019-06-16T21:56:11-06:00By Bradley J. Birzer|

The Enchanted Cosmos With Thomas Aquinas

2019-06-08T22:59:30-06:00By Paul Krause|

The Constitutional Intrigue of West Virginia Statehood

2020-01-18T20:59:39-06:00By Gary Porter|

Orestes Brownson’s New England and the Unwritten Constitution

2019-05-20T10:01:09-06:00By Michael J. Connolly|

Maryland’s 1867 State Constitution, Among the Oldest in Use Today

2019-08-30T11:20:34-06:00By Gary Porter|

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American Republic

The 2020 Election Will Render a Verdict on Progressivism

2020-01-25T23:58:09-06:00By Chuck Chalberg|

We’re From the Government—and We’re Here to Help the Workers!

2020-01-23T12:01:53-06:00By David Deavel|

Donald Trump and Religious Liberty

2020-01-20T17:00:02-06:00By Mark David Hall|

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Conservatism

Humanism as Realism

2020-01-17T15:33:35-06:00By Pawel Armada|

Impeachment, the End of an Era, and the Conservative Challenge

2020-01-14T14:46:46-06:00By Donald Devine|

Christian Democracy and the Future of Europe

2020-01-11T18:21:34-06:00By Joseph Pearce|

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Culture

Music and the Transcendental

2020-01-27T15:45:15-06:00By Sir Roger Scruton|

The Gravity of Gravity: A Quick Look at Astronomy and Its Relevance

2020-01-27T15:30:06-06:00By Andrew Seeley|

Saving Christian Civilization Through Eros

2020-01-27T14:13:20-06:00By Peter S. Rieth|

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Books

A Constellation Near and Wide: Thornton Wilder and Sigrid Undset

2020-01-21T16:12:27-06:00By James Como|

The Priests We Need to Save the Church

2020-01-17T17:12:33-06:00By Micah Snell|

The Fickle Moll Flanders

2020-01-17T02:51:41-06:00By Christine Norvell|

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Politics

The 2020 Election Will Render a Verdict on Progressivism

2020-01-25T23:58:09-06:00By Chuck Chalberg|

“A Glimpse of the Majesty of God’s Creation”: Remarks at the 2020 March For Life

2020-01-25T00:54:44-06:00By Donald J. Trump|

Proclamation on National Sanctity of Human Life Day

2020-01-24T12:29:17-06:00By Donald J. Trump|

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Imagination

“Christos”

2020-01-25T23:46:01-06:00By Vito Mussomeli|

Oh, Death, Where is Thy. . .

2020-01-24T09:44:48-06:00By Bradley J. Birzer|

A Constellation Near and Wide: Thornton Wilder and Sigrid Undset

2020-01-21T16:12:27-06:00By James Como|

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Economics

A Balanced Position on Tariffs and Protectionism

2020-01-05T21:38:41-06:00By John Horvat|

Leisure the Basis of Labor

2019-12-25T23:08:57-06:00By David Deavel|

The Business of America: The New Economy of the 1920s

2019-12-22T22:10:11-06:00By Mark Malvasi|

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Literature

Liszt and Lamartine: “Apparitions”

2020-01-28T15:50:50-06:00By Nayeli Riano|

Who Was T.S. Eliot’s True Love?

2020-01-25T20:12:57-06:00By Joseph Pearce|

“Christos”

2020-01-25T23:46:01-06:00By Vito Mussomeli|

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Liberal Learning

Joseph Priestly, School Lessons, and Liberty in Grammar

2020-01-18T11:12:13-06:00By Chad Chisholm|

Can We Save Our Dying English Departments?

2020-01-17T15:07:00-06:00By David Deavel|

The Ancient Hebrew Roots of the Christian Logos

2020-01-10T00:43:14-06:00By Bradley J. Birzer|

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