How did Hungary become such a symbol for postliberal Christians in the West? University of Tennessee professor James Patterson joins Editor James Diddams to discuss on the latest podcast

Viktor Orbán has lost reelection as Prime Minister of Hungary—but how did a small central European state rise to such prominence among American right-wing intellectuals to begin with?

Late last year, Adrian Vermeule published “‘It Can’t Happen’; Or, the Poverty of Political Imagination,” an article that critiques what he calls the “futility trope” used by conservative critics of postliberalism.

Either Catholics consider the genius and limits of both Charles De Koninck and Jacques Maritain, or they disregard them both. The latter is unacceptable, given that surrendering the genius is too high a cost.

“As one might expect, for some, MacIntyre’s proposition to retire the concept of human dignity rang some alarm bells.”