Editor's Notes: The Arc of Personalism
On December 5th, 2024 we published an essay of mine: America’s Paths to PersonalismThe three primary risk vectors of
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The Logic of Liberalism
Contra the dreams of populist strongmen, real constraints on executive power are the only approach consistent with real freedom.
China Between Ogre and Olympus
China may well become the singular Olympus that all mere mortals look up to, but so long as this Olympus is home to Ogres it will struggle to compel the allegiance of the wider world.
The Politics of Fear in American History
The precedents for the violence and overt use of state power we are now experiencing can be found in the 1910s and 1920s rather than the 1930s and 1940s.
Neon Liberalism #33: What Is America?
According to Vice President Vance, America is not an idea: America is a nation. A people. And there are some
The Fixed Theme of American History
The history of America is a long struggle between the drive for domination and the dream of freedom.
Liberalism's Persistent Troubles: James E. Cronin's "Fragile Victory"
The work of preserving liberalism is perpetual.
Liberalism’s Empirical Turn
Contrasting Samuel Moyn's vision of Cold War liberalism with Joshua Cherniss's.