History

The Trump Doctrine: Speak Loudly and Carry a Big Stick

While Trump’s foreign policy bears some resemblance to that of Theodore Roosevelt, the latter was far more attuned to the necessity of alliances for America’s security

Optimizing Children is Nothing New

The advent of technologies allowing parents to select embryos with superior genetics is just the latest step down the road to the total commodification of life

Recovering Great Books Education for International Affairs

The study of the Great Books is excellent preparation to understand the theory and practice of international relations

How Conservatives Learned to Love the Soviet Union

The right-wing embrace of Vladimir Putin as a dictator and enemy of the freedoms Americans hold dear is a stunning rebuke to decades of struggle against Soviet tyranny

Appeasing Azerbaijan Is a Sure Way to a New War

Under pressure from Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Russia, the Armenian government has engaged in appeasement, hoping to avoid war but inviting only further aggression

To the Contrary: John Brown Was Not a Christian Nationalist

John Brown was no Christian nationalist

Reviving the Art of Political Rhetoric

The lost art of political oratory must be recovered to save not only our politics, but the soul of America

T.S. Eliot and the Need for Lent

As the season of Lent begins, T.S. Eliot’s poem “The Hollow Men” provides ever-relevant lessons for overcoming spiritual lassitude characteristic of modernity

The Spirit of Munich: Unjust Negotiations versus a Just Peace

A “peace at all costs” attitude belies that an unjust, strategically unsound peace that just kicks the can down the road will be no peace at all

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