"Response to Francis Fukuyama's 'Second Thoughts'," National Interest, no. 56 (Summer 1999): 34-35.
Essays
Consulting Old Nick
"Consulting Old Nick," review of Machiavelli on Modern Leadership, by Michael Ledeen, and The New Prince, by Dick Morris, Wall Street Journal, 10 June 1999, A24.
Whatever Happened to Scepticism?
"Whatever Happened to Scepticism?" review of New Federalist Papers, by Alan Brinkley, Nelson W. Polsby, and Kathleen M. Sullivan, and The Reopening of the American Mind, by James W. Vice, Times Literary Supplement, 26 February 1999.
Defending Propriety
"Defending Propriety," Weekly Standard, 21 February 1999.
Liberalism and Big Government: Tocqueville’s Analysis
“Liberalism and Big Government: Tocqueville’s Analysis,” with Delba Winthrop, Tyranny and Liberty, London: Institute of United States Studies, 1999, 1-31.
Review of Machiavelli
Review of Machiavelli, by Maurizio Viroli, American Political Science Review, vol. 93 (1999): 964-65.
A Nation of Consenting Adults
"A Nation of Consenting Adults: The Democrats Are the Party of Moral Laxity, and the Republicans Are the Party of Moral--What?," Weekly Standard, 15 November 1998.
Why a Good Man is Hard to Find
"Why a Good Man is Hard to Find: Feminism Liberated Men, Too," The Women’s Quarterly, no. 17 (Autumn 1998), pp. 4-6.
The Partial Eclipse of Manliness
“The Partial Eclipse of Manliness,” Times Literary Supplement, July 17, 1998, pp. 14-15.
The City of Manent
"The City of Manent: A French Political Philosopher Examines Modernity," review of The City of Man, by Pierre Manent, Weekly Standard, 15 June 1998.