You’ve got to hand it to him. Anyone else and 100 million deaths as a result of attempting to implement your ideas would consign you to the gulag of history. But not dogged old Karl Marx, whose ideas just keep on resurfacing no matter how many human lives are sacrificed in the cause of showing... Continue Reading →
Why Patrick Deneen failed: John Locke was no relativist
Patrick Deneen’s book Why Liberalism Failed has obviously scratched where many were itching since it has achieved media coverage and readership well in excess of what an academic book by an academic author would typically garner. Perhaps one reason is because of how divisive it has proven. Since its release in January detractors and defenders... Continue Reading →
How to tell a real right from a fake right (don’t ask a libertarian)
I hate to pick a bone with the immensely talented and courageous Ben Shapiro, but as a conservative I think it’s important to point up where his libertarian creed diverges from traditional conservative views, and in fact from classical liberal views as well. In a recent article defending (quite rightly) the freedom of politicians and... Continue Reading →