Ben Sasse, Author at The Imaginative Conservative

About Ben Sasse

Ben Sasse is a United States Senator representing Nebraska. Before his election to the Senate in 2014, he served as president of Midland University, where he turned around a failing institution and made it one of the fastest-growing colleges in America. Senator Sasse holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard, a master’s degree from St. John’s College in Annapolis, and a PhD from Yale.

The Democrats Sit In: A Violation of Principled Governance?

By Ben Sasse|2019-11-14T15:00:56-06:00June 23rd, 2016|Categories: Audio/Video, Government, Leadership, Politics|

On the heels of the Orlando massacre and with the Fourth of July recess in the near future, House Democrats sought to “seize the moment” to bring about strict gun control. Thus, on Wednesday, July 22, 2016, they orchestrated and executed a twenty-five-hour sit-in on their chamber’s floor. In light of these events, the temptation is to [...]

The Crisis of the American Idea

By Ben Sasse|2019-05-14T17:22:42-05:00April 16th, 2016|Categories: American Founding, Community, Freedom, Liberty, Republicanism|

We face great challenges at this moment in history. We face cyber threats. We face a resurgent Russia under Vladimir Putin. We face a jihadi threat. We face the growing threat of nonstate actors, who now can carry out massive attacks and are as able to play on the global stage as state actors. We [...]