What Are Democrats Thinking?
Democratic voters want to end the filibuster, nationalize artificial intelligence, and prosecute every Trump toady.
The Misogyny of Anti-Abortion Politics
If [misogyny] feels like anything at all, it will tend to be righteous: like standing up for oneself or for
Liberalism and Jewish Emancipation
How did religious freedom first emerge? This is the theme of Persecution and Toleration (CUP, 2019). Here I focus on
Is Postmodernism Compatible With Liberalism?
When psychology professor and YouTube star Jordan Peterson or his fellow travelers use the adjective “postmodern,” they often join it
The Nomination Lottery
The Democrats are presently courting electoral disaster. Not only is the field of those seeking the Party’s 2020 nomination
Against Bipartisanship
According to a familiar diagnosis, contemporary democracy is plagued by partisan divisions. In the United States and elsewhere, these have
The Clouded Ideology of Libertarianism
Like many others, I discovered Ayn Rand in high school and converted to libertarianism with a true believer’s zeal.
Enlightenment Noise
Steven Pinker recently penned a piece reflecting on all the noise surrounding his recent book, Enlightenment Now. He says, You
What Is America?
What is America? The question has been asked endlessly. And I’m not going to answer it here. Asking “what
Fertile Functioning, the Market, and Economic Growth
Relatively free and open markets have always accompanied liberal societies, and they have been most thoroughly suppressed by some of
A Caring Liberalism
“Care always expresses an action or a disposition, a reaching out to something…what it means to be a citizen
Play, the Antidote to Populism
A common complaint in our era of global populism is that certain politicians are making a mockery of our institutions.
Sermon XXIV
* The following undated sermon was left by Dr. Johnson to be published by the Rev. John Taylor. The Johnson scholar