In Praise of Neighbors
Lessons from childhood and graduate school: what moving to a new place has taught me about friendship, community, and interdependence….
Commune
America Needs a ResPublica
Conservatives who want to scale back the federal government need to learn from this British think tank. Brian BrownBrian Brown…
The Kids Are Not All Right
Philadelphia’s leadership is doing British conservatism better than the British conservatives. Brian BrownBrian Brown loves building the environments, habits, and…
The Rise of Localist Politics
An essay in “The New Atlantis.” Brian BrownBrian Brown loves building the environments, habits, and networks that make people thrive….
The Debt Ceiling: A Cheat Sheet
Boehner? Obama? “Don’t call my bluff?” Catch up in minutes. Brian BrownBrian Brown loves building the environments, habits, and networks…
Three Ways Not to Fight Gay Marriage
I recently spoke with a number of friends on the subject of gay marriage. The most striking thing I noticed:…
Le Corbusier vs. Notre Dame: Let’s Not Rebuild Paris
What a ride on the London Underground teaches about the limits of human ability. Brian BrownBrian Brown loves building the…
The Man Who Would Not Be an Expert
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…
Abortion and the Budget Crisis: Brainwaves for Everyone!
Bryan Wandel Democrats are offering this explanation of the budget impasse: the cuts have been agreed on, but the GOP…
Call Your Representative!
Bryan Wandel Hannah Arendt’s ideal political constitution was as follows: each town or small community elects representatives for local assemblies….
Political Speech Acts
Bryan Wandel A couple of months ago, Hadley Arkes and Matthew O’Brien had a debate in Public Discourse about what…
That’s Not Real Freedom
Miriel M. Thomas Earlier this month, the Supreme Court decided Snyder v. Phelps, a case involving the Westboro Baptist Church’s…
America the Messianic
Anna Speckhard Richard M. Gamble, The War for Righteousness: Progressive Christianity, the Great War, and the Rise of the Messianic…
Does “Buy Local” Work? Does It Need To?
Brian Brown “Brad loved to cook. He even went to culinary school, just for fun. He never wanted to run…
A Story of Sports and Losing Battles
You are the director of a large youth basketball league. Thousands of kids of all ages learn the game on…
Liberals
From Jay Nordlinger: “I’ve noticed something the last few days — something that gives us a human lesson, I think:…
Reformers Reforming Reforms
A similarly-alliterated follow-up to my post on overseas voting: I was struck as I wrote it by the fact that…
“We Are All Paranoid Schizophrenics”
Everyone knows the basics: a week ago, an amorphous and mysterious organization called Wikileaks kicked off what it promises will…
For those of us who walk toward the blinding light
When Christopher Hitchens addressed the idea of Washington, DC, as being literary place, he displayed his usual impressive command of…
Saving Soldiers’ Suffrage
To most people, absentee ballot fraud is not an interesting subject. While many people say they do not have confidence…