Books
Freedom, Virtue and the First Amendment
– The Louisiana State University Press, 1957; reprinted, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1969.This book examines the First Amendment and issues of liberty and the American Founding. Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments I Censorship: A Classic Issue… More
The Role of the Court
– William J. Bennett, Commentary, May 1977.Excerpt: The recent First Amendment decisions of the Supreme Court have met with criticism both from those who think the Court has gone too far and from those who think it has not gone far… More
What D-Day Message from Clinton?
– Washington Times, May 22, 1994.Excerpt: On April 19, Bill Clinton spoke to a group of high school students at an MTV Forum, the 24-hour music video channel on which he was to share time with (as The Washington Post put… More
Blue Movies
– Public Interest 119 (Summer 1995), 86–90; reprinted in Democracy and the Constitution: Landmarks of Contemporary Political Thought (AEI Press, 2006).Excerpt: Hollywood Censored, we are told on the book’s dust jacket, examines how hundreds of films–Mae West comedies, serious dramas, and films with a social… More
Marriage Anyone?
– First Things, April 1996.Excerpt: Almost 70 percent of the American people have indicated their opposition to “same—sex” marriages (males with males, females with females), but neither they nor their elected… More
Taking Virtue Seriously
– Public Interest 128 (Summer 1997), 122–26.Excerpt: In 1790-91, Supreme Court Justice James Wilson delivered a series of lectures on the law at what was to become the University of Pennsylvania and before an audience that included… More
Is There a Worldwide Conservative Crackup?
– Weekly Standard, August 25, 1997.Excerpt: Ask a conservative what he wants to conserve and he is likely to say ” freedom,” including the freedom to spend his own money; hence, his dislike of taxes. But ask the… More
The Cultivation of Citizenship
– Public Morality, Civic Virtue, and the Problem of Modern Liberalism, T. William Boxx and Gary M. Quinlivan, eds. (Cambridge: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2000), reprinted in Citizens and Statesmen: An Annual Review of Political Theory and Public Life, James R. Harrigan, ed. (2006).Liberalism, the central political philosophy of American and Western society, is a philosophy based on human freedom, equality, and the natural rights of individuals. Yet liberalism needs… More
Making Patriots
– University of Chicago Press, 2001; paperback edition, 2002.Although Samuel Johnson once remarked that “patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels,” over the course of the history of the United States we have seen our share of heroes:… More
Complexities of Patriotism
– George Will, Washington Post, May 27, 2001.Excerpt: Decoration Day, as it was called when Americans still vividly remembered what it was they were supposed to be remembering, used to be May 30, no matter what, never mind the… More
To Honor My Country
– Robert J. Samuelson, Washington Post, July 4, 2001.Excerpt: A mark of the times is that we have stripped most of our patriotic holidays of their patriotism. We no longer celebrate Washington’s and Lincoln’s birthdays on their… More
Mystic Chords of Memory: Cultivating America’s Unique Form of Patriotism
– The American Educator 26:1 (Spring 2002): 26–38; reprinted in Democracy and the Constitution: Landmarks of Contemporary Political Thought (AEI Press, 2006).Excerpt: Patriotism. The word itself comes from the Latin patria, meaning country. Patriotism implies a love of country, a readiness to sacrifice for it, perhaps even a willingness to give… More
Essays
Freedom, Virtue and the First Amendment
– The Louisiana State University Press, 1957; reprinted, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1969.This book examines the First Amendment and issues of liberty and the American Founding. Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments I Censorship: A Classic Issue… More
The Role of the Court
– William J. Bennett, Commentary, May 1977.Excerpt: The recent First Amendment decisions of the Supreme Court have met with criticism both from those who think the Court has gone too far and from those who think it has not gone far… More
What D-Day Message from Clinton?
– Washington Times, May 22, 1994.Excerpt: On April 19, Bill Clinton spoke to a group of high school students at an MTV Forum, the 24-hour music video channel on which he was to share time with (as The Washington Post put… More
Blue Movies
– Public Interest 119 (Summer 1995), 86–90; reprinted in Democracy and the Constitution: Landmarks of Contemporary Political Thought (AEI Press, 2006).Excerpt: Hollywood Censored, we are told on the book’s dust jacket, examines how hundreds of films–Mae West comedies, serious dramas, and films with a social… More
Marriage Anyone?
– First Things, April 1996.Excerpt: Almost 70 percent of the American people have indicated their opposition to “same—sex” marriages (males with males, females with females), but neither they nor their elected… More
Taking Virtue Seriously
– Public Interest 128 (Summer 1997), 122–26.Excerpt: In 1790-91, Supreme Court Justice James Wilson delivered a series of lectures on the law at what was to become the University of Pennsylvania and before an audience that included… More
Is There a Worldwide Conservative Crackup?
– Weekly Standard, August 25, 1997.Excerpt: Ask a conservative what he wants to conserve and he is likely to say ” freedom,” including the freedom to spend his own money; hence, his dislike of taxes. But ask the… More
The Cultivation of Citizenship
– Public Morality, Civic Virtue, and the Problem of Modern Liberalism, T. William Boxx and Gary M. Quinlivan, eds. (Cambridge: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2000), reprinted in Citizens and Statesmen: An Annual Review of Political Theory and Public Life, James R. Harrigan, ed. (2006).Liberalism, the central political philosophy of American and Western society, is a philosophy based on human freedom, equality, and the natural rights of individuals. Yet liberalism needs… More
Making Patriots
– University of Chicago Press, 2001; paperback edition, 2002.Although Samuel Johnson once remarked that “patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels,” over the course of the history of the United States we have seen our share of heroes:… More
Complexities of Patriotism
– George Will, Washington Post, May 27, 2001.Excerpt: Decoration Day, as it was called when Americans still vividly remembered what it was they were supposed to be remembering, used to be May 30, no matter what, never mind the… More
To Honor My Country
– Robert J. Samuelson, Washington Post, July 4, 2001.Excerpt: A mark of the times is that we have stripped most of our patriotic holidays of their patriotism. We no longer celebrate Washington’s and Lincoln’s birthdays on their… More
Mystic Chords of Memory: Cultivating America’s Unique Form of Patriotism
– The American Educator 26:1 (Spring 2002): 26–38; reprinted in Democracy and the Constitution: Landmarks of Contemporary Political Thought (AEI Press, 2006).Excerpt: Patriotism. The word itself comes from the Latin patria, meaning country. Patriotism implies a love of country, a readiness to sacrifice for it, perhaps even a willingness to give… More
Commentary
Freedom, Virtue and the First Amendment
– The Louisiana State University Press, 1957; reprinted, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1969.This book examines the First Amendment and issues of liberty and the American Founding. Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments I Censorship: A Classic Issue… More
The Role of the Court
– William J. Bennett, Commentary, May 1977.Excerpt: The recent First Amendment decisions of the Supreme Court have met with criticism both from those who think the Court has gone too far and from those who think it has not gone far… More
What D-Day Message from Clinton?
– Washington Times, May 22, 1994.Excerpt: On April 19, Bill Clinton spoke to a group of high school students at an MTV Forum, the 24-hour music video channel on which he was to share time with (as The Washington Post put… More
Blue Movies
– Public Interest 119 (Summer 1995), 86–90; reprinted in Democracy and the Constitution: Landmarks of Contemporary Political Thought (AEI Press, 2006).Excerpt: Hollywood Censored, we are told on the book’s dust jacket, examines how hundreds of films–Mae West comedies, serious dramas, and films with a social… More
Marriage Anyone?
– First Things, April 1996.Excerpt: Almost 70 percent of the American people have indicated their opposition to “same—sex” marriages (males with males, females with females), but neither they nor their elected… More
Taking Virtue Seriously
– Public Interest 128 (Summer 1997), 122–26.Excerpt: In 1790-91, Supreme Court Justice James Wilson delivered a series of lectures on the law at what was to become the University of Pennsylvania and before an audience that included… More
Is There a Worldwide Conservative Crackup?
– Weekly Standard, August 25, 1997.Excerpt: Ask a conservative what he wants to conserve and he is likely to say ” freedom,” including the freedom to spend his own money; hence, his dislike of taxes. But ask the… More
The Cultivation of Citizenship
– Public Morality, Civic Virtue, and the Problem of Modern Liberalism, T. William Boxx and Gary M. Quinlivan, eds. (Cambridge: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2000), reprinted in Citizens and Statesmen: An Annual Review of Political Theory and Public Life, James R. Harrigan, ed. (2006).Liberalism, the central political philosophy of American and Western society, is a philosophy based on human freedom, equality, and the natural rights of individuals. Yet liberalism needs… More
Making Patriots
– University of Chicago Press, 2001; paperback edition, 2002.Although Samuel Johnson once remarked that “patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels,” over the course of the history of the United States we have seen our share of heroes:… More
Complexities of Patriotism
– George Will, Washington Post, May 27, 2001.Excerpt: Decoration Day, as it was called when Americans still vividly remembered what it was they were supposed to be remembering, used to be May 30, no matter what, never mind the… More
To Honor My Country
– Robert J. Samuelson, Washington Post, July 4, 2001.Excerpt: A mark of the times is that we have stripped most of our patriotic holidays of their patriotism. We no longer celebrate Washington’s and Lincoln’s birthdays on their… More
Mystic Chords of Memory: Cultivating America’s Unique Form of Patriotism
– The American Educator 26:1 (Spring 2002): 26–38; reprinted in Democracy and the Constitution: Landmarks of Contemporary Political Thought (AEI Press, 2006).Excerpt: Patriotism. The word itself comes from the Latin patria, meaning country. Patriotism implies a love of country, a readiness to sacrifice for it, perhaps even a willingness to give… More
Multimedia
Freedom, Virtue and the First Amendment
– The Louisiana State University Press, 1957; reprinted, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1969.This book examines the First Amendment and issues of liberty and the American Founding. Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments I Censorship: A Classic Issue… More
The Role of the Court
– William J. Bennett, Commentary, May 1977.Excerpt: The recent First Amendment decisions of the Supreme Court have met with criticism both from those who think the Court has gone too far and from those who think it has not gone far… More
What D-Day Message from Clinton?
– Washington Times, May 22, 1994.Excerpt: On April 19, Bill Clinton spoke to a group of high school students at an MTV Forum, the 24-hour music video channel on which he was to share time with (as The Washington Post put… More
Blue Movies
– Public Interest 119 (Summer 1995), 86–90; reprinted in Democracy and the Constitution: Landmarks of Contemporary Political Thought (AEI Press, 2006).Excerpt: Hollywood Censored, we are told on the book’s dust jacket, examines how hundreds of films–Mae West comedies, serious dramas, and films with a social… More
Marriage Anyone?
– First Things, April 1996.Excerpt: Almost 70 percent of the American people have indicated their opposition to “same—sex” marriages (males with males, females with females), but neither they nor their elected… More
Taking Virtue Seriously
– Public Interest 128 (Summer 1997), 122–26.Excerpt: In 1790-91, Supreme Court Justice James Wilson delivered a series of lectures on the law at what was to become the University of Pennsylvania and before an audience that included… More
Is There a Worldwide Conservative Crackup?
– Weekly Standard, August 25, 1997.Excerpt: Ask a conservative what he wants to conserve and he is likely to say ” freedom,” including the freedom to spend his own money; hence, his dislike of taxes. But ask the… More
The Cultivation of Citizenship
– Public Morality, Civic Virtue, and the Problem of Modern Liberalism, T. William Boxx and Gary M. Quinlivan, eds. (Cambridge: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2000), reprinted in Citizens and Statesmen: An Annual Review of Political Theory and Public Life, James R. Harrigan, ed. (2006).Liberalism, the central political philosophy of American and Western society, is a philosophy based on human freedom, equality, and the natural rights of individuals. Yet liberalism needs… More
Making Patriots
– University of Chicago Press, 2001; paperback edition, 2002.Although Samuel Johnson once remarked that “patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels,” over the course of the history of the United States we have seen our share of heroes:… More
Complexities of Patriotism
– George Will, Washington Post, May 27, 2001.Excerpt: Decoration Day, as it was called when Americans still vividly remembered what it was they were supposed to be remembering, used to be May 30, no matter what, never mind the… More
To Honor My Country
– Robert J. Samuelson, Washington Post, July 4, 2001.Excerpt: A mark of the times is that we have stripped most of our patriotic holidays of their patriotism. We no longer celebrate Washington’s and Lincoln’s birthdays on their… More
Mystic Chords of Memory: Cultivating America’s Unique Form of Patriotism
– The American Educator 26:1 (Spring 2002): 26–38; reprinted in Democracy and the Constitution: Landmarks of Contemporary Political Thought (AEI Press, 2006).Excerpt: Patriotism. The word itself comes from the Latin patria, meaning country. Patriotism implies a love of country, a readiness to sacrifice for it, perhaps even a willingness to give… More
Teaching
Freedom, Virtue and the First Amendment
– The Louisiana State University Press, 1957; reprinted, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1969.This book examines the First Amendment and issues of liberty and the American Founding. Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments I Censorship: A Classic Issue… More
The Role of the Court
– William J. Bennett, Commentary, May 1977.Excerpt: The recent First Amendment decisions of the Supreme Court have met with criticism both from those who think the Court has gone too far and from those who think it has not gone far… More
What D-Day Message from Clinton?
– Washington Times, May 22, 1994.Excerpt: On April 19, Bill Clinton spoke to a group of high school students at an MTV Forum, the 24-hour music video channel on which he was to share time with (as The Washington Post put… More
Blue Movies
– Public Interest 119 (Summer 1995), 86–90; reprinted in Democracy and the Constitution: Landmarks of Contemporary Political Thought (AEI Press, 2006).Excerpt: Hollywood Censored, we are told on the book’s dust jacket, examines how hundreds of films–Mae West comedies, serious dramas, and films with a social… More
Marriage Anyone?
– First Things, April 1996.Excerpt: Almost 70 percent of the American people have indicated their opposition to “same—sex” marriages (males with males, females with females), but neither they nor their elected… More
Taking Virtue Seriously
– Public Interest 128 (Summer 1997), 122–26.Excerpt: In 1790-91, Supreme Court Justice James Wilson delivered a series of lectures on the law at what was to become the University of Pennsylvania and before an audience that included… More
Is There a Worldwide Conservative Crackup?
– Weekly Standard, August 25, 1997.Excerpt: Ask a conservative what he wants to conserve and he is likely to say ” freedom,” including the freedom to spend his own money; hence, his dislike of taxes. But ask the… More
The Cultivation of Citizenship
– Public Morality, Civic Virtue, and the Problem of Modern Liberalism, T. William Boxx and Gary M. Quinlivan, eds. (Cambridge: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2000), reprinted in Citizens and Statesmen: An Annual Review of Political Theory and Public Life, James R. Harrigan, ed. (2006).Liberalism, the central political philosophy of American and Western society, is a philosophy based on human freedom, equality, and the natural rights of individuals. Yet liberalism needs… More
Making Patriots
– University of Chicago Press, 2001; paperback edition, 2002.Although Samuel Johnson once remarked that “patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels,” over the course of the history of the United States we have seen our share of heroes:… More
Complexities of Patriotism
– George Will, Washington Post, May 27, 2001.Excerpt: Decoration Day, as it was called when Americans still vividly remembered what it was they were supposed to be remembering, used to be May 30, no matter what, never mind the… More
To Honor My Country
– Robert J. Samuelson, Washington Post, July 4, 2001.Excerpt: A mark of the times is that we have stripped most of our patriotic holidays of their patriotism. We no longer celebrate Washington’s and Lincoln’s birthdays on their… More
Mystic Chords of Memory: Cultivating America’s Unique Form of Patriotism
– The American Educator 26:1 (Spring 2002): 26–38; reprinted in Democracy and the Constitution: Landmarks of Contemporary Political Thought (AEI Press, 2006).Excerpt: Patriotism. The word itself comes from the Latin patria, meaning country. Patriotism implies a love of country, a readiness to sacrifice for it, perhaps even a willingness to give… More