The Legacy of “The Closing of the American Mind”
There can be no question of the signal importance and influence of The Closing of the American Mind. Any future historian who proposes to explain the “culture…
Communitarianism and the Federal Idea
The communitarian movement has arisen as an effort to address the evident and growing deficiencies of modern liberalism, which seems unable to think beyond the sovereign autonomy…
The Federal Idea
In this glowing encomium is also buried a sober warning. Such a complex government would, Tocqueville observed, “be ill adapted to a people which has not been…
In Search of the American Myth
American history needs to be seen in the context of a larger drama. But there is sharp disagreement over the way we choose to represent that relationship.…
Recovering Our Legacy: The Many Uses of the American Past
We Americans need to know our history. And we need to know it far better than we have in the past. We are not a people bound…
The Anti-Jefferson: John Dickinson
The Cost of Liberty: The Life of John Dickson. William Murchison. Intercollegiate Studies, 2013. Few habits of speech and thought inhibit our appreciation of those who…