"The Captive Woman," Claremont Review of Books, Summer 2004.
Essays
Ronald Wilson Reagan
“Ronald Wilson Reagan,” Presidential Leadership: Rating the Best and the Worst in the White House, James Taranto and Leonard Leo, eds., New York: Free Press, 2004.
Nature and Fact in Tocqueville’s Democracy in America
“Nature and Fact in Tocqueville’s Democracy in America,” Nature in American Philosophy, Jean De Groot, ed., Washington, D. C.: The Catholic University of America, 2004, 109-128.
Be a Man
"Be a Man," review of From Chivalry to Terrorism, by Leo Braudy, Wall Street Journal, 29 October 2003.
The Christian Socrates
"The Christian Socrates," review of Dissent and Philosophy in the Middle Ages: Dante and His Precursors, by Ernest L. Fortin, Claremont Review of Books, Fall 2003.
The Manliness of Men
"The Manliness of Men," The American Enterprise, September 2003.
Liberty and Virtue in the American Founding
"Liberty and Virtue in the American Founding," Never a Matter of Indifference: Sustaining Virtue in a Free Republic, Peter Berkowitz, ed., Hoover Institution Press, 2003.
How Harvard Compromised Its Virtue
"How Harvard Compromised Its Virtue," Chronicle of Higher Education, 21 February 2003, B7-8. Also published as "Harvard's Virtue," Academic Questions, vol. 15, no. 4 (Fall 2002): 15-20.
Uses of Ambition
"Uses of Ambition," review of Constitutional Self-Government, by Christopher L. Eisgruber, Times Literary Supplement, 19 July 2002, 29.
L’Education du Prince de Machiavel
“L’Education du Prince de Machiavel,” Le Savoir du Prince, Ran Halèvi, ed., Paris: Fayard, 2002, pp. 69-80.