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In Praise of Neighbors
Lessons from childhood and graduate school: what moving to a new place has taught me about friendship, community, and interdependence….
Lessons from childhood and graduate school: what moving to a new place has taught me about friendship, community, and interdependence….
Conservatives who want to scale back the federal government need to learn from this British think tank. Brian BrownBrian Brown…
Philadelphia’s leadership is doing British conservatism better than the British conservatives. Brian BrownBrian Brown loves building the environments, habits, and…
An essay in “The New Atlantis.” Brian BrownBrian Brown loves building the environments, habits, and networks that make people thrive….
Boehner? Obama? “Don’t call my bluff?” Catch up in minutes. Brian BrownBrian Brown loves building the environments, habits, and networks…
I recently spoke with a number of friends on the subject of gay marriage. The most striking thing I noticed:…
What a ride on the London Underground teaches about the limits of human ability. Brian BrownBrian Brown loves building the…
Brian Brown: Paul Ryan is the anti-policy-wonk. He’s a creator who doesn’t mind the rough-and-tumble of politics, and he doesn’t…
Bryan Wandel Democrats are offering this explanation of the budget impasse: the cuts have been agreed on, but the GOP…
Bryan Wandel Hannah Arendt’s ideal political constitution was as follows: each town or small community elects representatives for local assemblies….
Bryan Wandel A couple of months ago, Hadley Arkes and Matthew O’Brien had a debate in Public Discourse about what…
Miriel M. Thomas Earlier this month, the Supreme Court decided Snyder v. Phelps, a case involving the Westboro Baptist Church’s…
Anna Speckhard Richard M. Gamble, The War for Righteousness: Progressive Christianity, the Great War, and the Rise of the Messianic…
Brian Brown “Brad loved to cook. He even went to culinary school, just for fun. He never wanted to run…
You are the director of a large youth basketball league. Thousands of kids of all ages learn the game on…
From Jay Nordlinger: “I’ve noticed something the last few days — something that gives us a human lesson, I think:…
A similarly-alliterated follow-up to my post on overseas voting: I was struck as I wrote it by the fact that…
Everyone knows the basics: a week ago, an amorphous and mysterious organization called Wikileaks kicked off what it promises will…
When Christopher Hitchens addressed the idea of Washington, DC, as being literary place, he displayed his usual impressive command of…
To most people, absentee ballot fraud is not an interesting subject. While many people say they do not have confidence…