He showed us the philosophical core of Graeco-Roman culture, and persuaded countless leaders to perpetuate the tradition.
Rebecca Burgess
Shakespeare's Shylock offers some perspective on the violence that ravaged a peaceful agricultural community.
The civic bill for our all-volunteer military has come due, but we seem unable to pay it.
Not so long ago, statesmen delivered speeches to reforge a sense of national identity by invoking the principles of the Declaration of Independence.
In his famous cello concerto, Sir Edward Elgar voices compassion for human suffering.
The Stabat Mater, a medieval poem, teaches human beings how to suffer well.
The concept of the veteran as we’ve come to experience it today appears to be a thoroughly American experiment.
In a culture that struggles to understand duty and honor, soldiers are often unseen and misunderstood.
The veterans of Donbas embody the aspirations for a functional, democratic Ukraine.
On 9/11, we know what we mourn, but do we remember what we can honor?
Our media, our legislation, and our culture continue to popularize a stilted image of who the modern veteran is.
If historical ignorance dooms the American experiment, how has America endured for over two hundred years?
Plutarch aimed at recovery of the political art under even the most inauspicious conditions.
Rebecca Burgess is senior fellow at the Yorktown Institute, a contributing editor for Law & Liberty, associate scholar with the Classics of Strategy and Diplomacy Project, and a visiting fellow with the Independent Women's Forum. Previously, she was a research fellow both in Foreign and Defense Policy and Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute.