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The Case for the Liberal Arts: Stronger Than Ever?

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10 Ancient Books That Influenced Stoicism

By Bradley J. Birzer|

Prohibition, Democracy, and the State

2021-05-04T16:30:38-05:00By Mark Malvasi|

The Republic of Baseball

2021-05-04T16:37:16-05:00By Joseph Sobran|

Jeffrey Epstein & the Hideous Strength of Transhumanism

2021-05-03T16:10:23-05:00By Joseph Pearce|

Decadence, Love, & Lust: Understanding the “Star Wars” Prequels

2021-05-03T16:25:25-05:00By Paul Krause|

Biden Bets the Farm to ‘Change the World’

2021-05-02T15:55:19-05:00By Patrick J. Buchanan|

Machiavelli: The Prince of Darkness?

2021-05-02T16:00:52-05:00By Bradley J. Birzer|

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An Ode to Great Books and a Beautiful Library

2021-04-24T17:30:14-05:00By W. Winston Elliott III|

A Worthy Chase: Pursuing an Ideal Education

2021-04-22T09:39:55-05:00By José Maria J. Yulo|

What Is Wisdom?

2021-04-07T10:04:19-05:00By Will Durant|

An Ennobling Innocence: The Founding of Socrates’ Republic

2020-07-19T15:15:25-05:00By David Lawrence Levine|

Freedom, Responsibility, and the Liberal Arts

2020-06-11T12:46:33-05:00By Stringfellow Barr|

A Unique Liberal Learning Opportunity

2021-04-24T22:58:52-05:00By W. Winston Elliott III|

Liberal Education and the Free Mind

2021-04-27T20:12:07-05:00By Scott Buchanan|

Recovering Our Legacy: The Many Uses of the American Past

2021-05-05T13:16:44-05:00By Wilfred McClay|

Mathematics and Liberal Education

2020-03-03T13:23:08-06:00By Arthur Hippler|

Eva Brann on Happiness and Learning

2020-05-06T00:22:41-05:00By Catherine Yang|

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

2021-05-06T00:32:54-05:00By Mortimer Adler|

Learning to Argue: Ancient Greece to Today

2020-05-13T17:41:30-05:00By Panayiotis Kanelos|

Fit for the World

2020-12-04T10:19:35-06:00By Christopher Nelson|

The Beauty Contest

2019-02-25T09:23:38-06:00By Janet Dougherty|

Eva Brann, National Treasure

2021-04-30T13:25:40-05:00By Shaun Rieley|

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American Republic

George Washington: Indispensable Man

2021-04-29T16:00:18-05:00By Forrest McDonald|

Was the Postwar U.S. International Order Truly Liberal?

2021-04-26T19:52:25-05:00By Andrew Latham|

A New Homestead Act

2021-04-12T14:24:25-05:00By Seth Carey|

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Conservatism

Samuel Taylor Coleridge: A Romantic Conservative

2021-04-20T14:05:04-05:00By Loren Brown|

What Remains of Conservatism?

2021-04-04T11:33:41-05:00By Bradley J. Birzer|

Artistic Entrepreneurship: The Way Forward in a New Digital Era

2021-03-24T19:12:06-05:00By Kay Clarity|

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Culture

Decadence, Love, & Lust: Understanding the “Star Wars” Prequels

2021-05-03T16:25:25-05:00By Paul Krause|

The Abyss of Grievance

2021-04-30T11:49:37-05:00By Glenn Arbery|

Listening to the Bible With David Suchet

2021-05-01T21:32:47-05:00By Michael De Sapio|

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Books

Was the Postwar U.S. International Order Truly Liberal?

2021-04-26T19:52:25-05:00By Andrew Latham|

An Ode to Great Books and a Beautiful Library

2021-04-24T17:30:14-05:00By W. Winston Elliott III|

10 C.S. Lewis Books Every Imaginative Conservative Should Read

2021-04-19T16:19:36-05:00By Bradley J. Birzer|

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Politics

Biden Bets the Farm to ‘Change the World’

2021-05-02T15:55:19-05:00By Patrick J. Buchanan|

Machiavelli: The Prince of Darkness?

2021-05-02T16:00:52-05:00By Bradley J. Birzer|

The Abyss of Grievance

2021-04-30T11:49:37-05:00By Glenn Arbery|

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Imagination

The Gentle Genius of Thomas Howard

2021-01-29T12:01:09-06:00By Joseph Pearce|

Reflections on Imaginative Conservatism

2021-01-21T12:00:41-06:00By Eva Brann|

“The Speech”: Maintaining Sanity in an Insane World

2021-01-08T09:36:34-06:00By Forrest McDonald|

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Economics

A New Homestead Act

2021-04-12T14:24:25-05:00By Seth Carey|

Craftsmanship Can Save the World: The American College of Building Arts

2021-04-27T21:39:15-05:00By Joseph Pearce|

Building Back Better, You Say? It’s All About Scale

2021-03-19T11:13:00-05:00By James Howard Kunstler|

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Literature

Lessons That Great Poems Teach

2021-04-29T07:30:21-05:00By Joseph Pearce|

The Monster and the Christians

2021-04-28T12:54:56-05:00By David Deavel|

Why You Should Re-Read “The Great Gatsby”

2021-04-27T20:07:04-05:00By Sean Hadley|

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Liberal Learning

Books Your Kids Should Read to Combat Wokeism

2021-04-27T16:29:15-05:00By Annie Holmquist|

Reimagining Education to Give Parents More Power

2021-04-26T16:34:56-05:00By Chuck Chalberg|

Neil Postman’s Vision of Humane Education

2021-04-24T08:09:06-05:00By Josh Pauling|

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