When conservatives appeal to “Western civilization,” they are referring to everything they like that has ever come out of Europe and nothing they don’t like, with the line drawn by working backwards from predetermined ideological conclusions. 

From the killing of Soleimani to the capture of Maduro, Trump’s record in foreign affairs has been marked not by isolationism but decisive uses of force

Besides being beautiful and honing military readiness, demonstrations like the Blue Angels also function as a potent form of psychological warfare

Neither regime change nor allowing Iran to acquire a nuke are realistic options. Instead, America must have the strategic resolve to strike Iran if necessary and the patience to await a grassroots uprising.

Calls for America to behave more self-interestedly belie that the definition of national self-interest always depends on a nation’s conception of the Good

America is best understood as a missionary civilization, not an imperial one

The decline of Christian culture in the West has implications beyond Christians themselves

We have to be far, far more critical of which measurements we can take as proxies for a healthy nation. Economists can’t make these distinctions and libertarians don’t want to.

American conservatives have a paradoxical relationship with the Middle Ages – a relationship which today has reemerged as a fascinating cleavage on the American right.

Till We Have Built Jerusalem is a challenging book for daring to discuss the connection between ethics and aesthetic theories of architecture and urban design, what Bess calls our “built environment.”