The 1947 decision to provide military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey to secure the eastern Mediterranean from Soviet influence reflects a more unified era in American politics, when the need to counter external threats was acknowledged by both Democrats and Republicans
Richard Allen HydeApril 21, 2026
While President Trump’s decision to attack Iran has prompted renewed debates over executive war-making power, arguments about the proper roles of the executive and legislature in military action date back to America’s founding
Eamonn BellinMarch 23, 2026
Today’s Christian nationalists identify real problems, but their prescriptions ignore the religious diversity of modern America that figures like Chuck Colson and Richard John Neuhaus sought to navigate through their ecumenical conservatism.
Darryl HartFebruary 3, 2026
Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Advisor to Carter, foresaw the downfall of the Soviet Union when others couldn’t because he understood that Moscow always lacked moral legitimacy among the peoples of Eastern Europe
Sean DurnsJanuary 20, 2026
Defying critics on both left and right, Daniel Darling’s “In Defense of Christian Patriotism” calls on believers to love their country.
Michael LuccheseJanuary 7, 2026
Though Lincoln was no systematic theologian, the words of reflection he did utter on the role of Providence and destiny place him in the school of Reformed theology associated with Princeton University in the 18th and 19th centuries
Miles SmithDecember 8, 2025
The sources of contemporary Thanksgiving are in the religious traditions found in England, the Netherlands, and the Old Testament
Yisroel BenporatNovember 27, 2025
It’s no secret that America in 2025 is highly polarized. And yet, we were once even more so, and through shared points of reference like the King James Bible and the Declaration of Independence, America was able to unify
Isaac TuttleNovember 13, 2025
