We have been examining different conservative ideologies. But there are also different ideologies and policy prescriptions on the left. One that seems to be coming back into vogue is “corporatism.” This had its origins with Mussolini. Kevin D. Williamson explains in his National Review article Elizabeth
We have been blogging about the different kinds of conservatism: the individualistic version–which values autonomy, free markets, personal liberty–and the collective version, which values nationalism, institutions, and social order. Put in other ways, there are libertarians and Burkeans, free traders and protectionists, big business conservatives
The estimable Peter Leithart has written a must-read piece in First Things entitled Heroic Domesticity. It begins as a reading of the Book of Proverbs, specifically the women it describes, from the conflict between Lady Wisdom and Lady Folly to the culminating portrait of the Excellent Wife.
This week’s European Union elections proved to be yet another election in which the voters confounded the experts. The center-left and center-right parties–known for their technocratic managerial style of governance–that have long run the EU lost big. The winners were the more militant progressives, including
The Church Growth Movement led to a surge of megachurches–congregations of 2,000 and more–built on the principle of updating Christian worship and church practices to make them more attractive to people today.* But now a number of megachurches–including some of the most trend-setting–are offering liturgical
Socialism seems to have come into vogue in the United States, at least among young people and our cultural elite. But Matthew Continetti says that America has “antibodies against socialism”–namely, our Constitution and our culture–that always keep socialist movements from getting any traction. He shows
Most American conservatives today are committed to free market capitalism, which includes free trade and opposition to tariffs. By that standard, Donald Trump, who advocates a protectionist economic policy and who is imposing steep tariffs in his trade war with China, is not a conservative.
Dawn Bornemann posted on her Face Book page a link to something on a church website that I wrote a long time ago and tagged me. In the piece, I tell about how I, personally, have benefitted from Lutheranism, which I stumbled across after a
The great Anthony Esolen has written a brilliant article for Public Discourse on the underlying issue in the abortion controversy: autonomy. That is, the insistence on being a law unto oneself. Having a child puts us in relationships and gives us obligations that undermines the
Most of the “Nones” who have no affiliation with any particular religion do hold religious beliefs. But they claim to be “spiritual but not religious.” They often believe in a deity of some kind (only 21% don’t believe in God), and they may even pray
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