The Great American Freak-Out and How to Address It
Shortly before the 1928 presidential election between Herbert Hoover and New York Governor Al Smith, a well-known Baptist minister named…
Puritanism as a State of Mind
Recent generations of Americans have become accustomed to hearing their country referred to as a “City on a Hill,” a…
Seeking Justice in a Factional Nation
We live in troubled times. Our nation has become overly politicized and polarized. Within the conservative and progressive camps we…
Turn On, Tune In, and Shoot Up—In Doorways
The existence of homelessness in rich cities induces a state of unease, if not of outright guilt, in the well-…
Akhil Amar’s 1789 Project
One of the greatest American historians recently remarked to me that it was difficult to staff undergraduate survey courses on…
Can America Tame the Dragon?
For the foreseeable future, America’s number one foreign-policy challenge will be its relationship with the People’s Republic of China. Putin’s…
The Plot to Abolish Charter Schools
It’s time to “end the fight about charter schools.” So argues sociologist Eve Ewing, author of a book on “racism…
Past as Prologue
In 1783, John Adams wrote that “it is too Soon to attempt a compleat History” of the American Revolution. It…
Healthy Partisanship
With partisanship so often denounced today, opinion appears split between viewing political parties as a necessary evil or just evil.…
Restoring Trust and Leadership in a Vacuous Age
If you track public affairs you know that multiple polls, taken with great deliberation over the past decades, show a…