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Commentary


National Review: For the Love of Country, Pull Back from the Brink

03/03/2021

The future of conservatism, and the nation, depends on coming together and restoring faith in the American story.

The Federalist: How the Suffering of World Wars Seeded the Creativity of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis

02/17/2021

“If they won’t write the kinds of books we want to read,” Lewis announced to Tolkien, “we shall have to write them ourselves.”

National Review: Reagan’s Fight for American Renewal, Revisited

01/21/2021

The Gipper’s first inaugural address revived the concept of American exceptionalism, while stressing national unity.

National Review: Walter Hooper, R.I.P.

12/12/2020

The American who more than anyone else brought C.S. Lewis to the world has passed away at the age of 89.

Wall Street Journal: Preserving the Legacy of C.S. Lewis

11/25/2020

At 89, Walter Hooper hasn’t lost his enthusiasm for the celebrated author.

National Review: Resisting the Leviathan: The Mayflower Compact

11/13/2020

The Mayflower Compact, signed 400 years ago this week, helped lay a foundation for America’s commitment to government by consent of the governed.

Law and Liberty: The Rule of Law vs. the Militias

11/05/2020

After more than 230 years of living with success under the same constitution, few Americans have any inclination for authoritarian government, coming from either the Right or the Left.

National Review: John Locke and the Fight over Judge Barrett’s Catholicism

10/13/2020

What the Supreme Court nominee’s critics and defenders alike get wrong about the role of faith in American public life.

National Review: Churchill, the Blitz, and Moral Leadership

09/11/2020

It is impossible to imagine the citizens of London standing firm during their supreme hour of crisis without Winston Churchill in the center of the storm.

National Review: Truth Is a Casualty in Our Culture War

07/31/2020

Recall the thinkers who helped to build our liberal democratic order. They were motivated by the free exchange of ideas in the pursuit of truth.