Will an American pope remind us of the value of nobility?

Recent elections in Canada, Australia, and the UK show the fault lines between illiberal democracy and undemocratic liberalism.

Ultimately, only a civic culture alert to and upset by abuses of power can safeguard sound republican government.

It is important to keep standards high, but we must also be honest about what combat effectiveness means in the modern era.

By assigning personal attributes to birth cohort, generationism tends to undermine personal responsibility.

Competition for real academic excellence could generate a virtuous cycle of reform.

In the new colonialism, global institutions are quietly undermining African values.

Is the New Right opening a bright new chapter for American families, or leading us down a dark alleyway?

Protectionism appeals to voters’ emotions, but the twentieth century’s greatest statesman knew that free enterprise could, too.

The Digital Revolution may distort public discourse, but it is up to individuals—not the government—to think for themselves.

Allied victory in World War II reshaped the world—and America’s place in it.

The Medieval origin of universities sheds some light on how they ought to function in mass society.

The supermajoritarian rules of the upcoming papal conclave can teach us something about how representative bodies pursue consensus.

Francis made progressive politics his lodestar. The result was a failed papacy.