American conservatives can learn from our Tory forerunners the importance of reverence and order, realism and romance, and ultimately the poetry that is the soul of our civilization

The US Federal Government has long utilized an indirect approach to dissociate itself from institutions that promote or allow offensive speech, as with racism and antisemitism. 

Human rights, properly defined and pragmatically pursued, do not need to be a distraction from great power competition with China and Russia but can instead be a core part of the fight against our repressive adversaries

The Hebrew Bible’s moral language and stories of God’s promises redeemed have provided a shared point of reference for all of American history. But if we continue to lose that shared language, polarization will only get worse

Christian Realism is far preferable to Christian Nationalism for emphasizing individual liberty and rightful patriotism without idolizing the state, an ideology, a party, or a demagogue

Stephen Wolfe’s book, while provocative and worth reading, fails to consider the good reasons for Abraham Kuyper’s neo-Calvinist political theology

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

Robert Frost, while campaigning for JFK, referred to him as a “Puritan named Kennedy” from New England.

Part 3 of Eric Patterson’s series on Just War