Values

Why Human Rights Are in America’s National Self-Interest

Despite calls for America to stop promoting democracy abroad, the truth is that autocratic regimes are intrinsically unstable and can be relied upon neither by the US nor by their own citizens

School Choice as Window Into Separation of Church and State

Despite the high-minded rhetoric of a wall separating religion and politics, when it comes to primary and secondary education, religious institutions have always been at the forefront

Civilizational Ethics Precede National Self-Interest

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

American Dominance in Space Isn’t Inevitable 

While the United States won the Space Race in the 1960s against Russia, today we are in danger of losing the longer Space Marathon to China

On the Confusion about Western Values and Universalism
On the Confusion about “Western Values” and Universalism

Truths about human rights have, indeed, been discovered in the West, but are not the property of the West and do not apply only in the West. But Trump implied that these were simply local, particular, and culturally-specific “values.”