The American Mind’s Weekly Digest |
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As you'll observe in our newsletter below, the Ahmari-French debate has been a subject of much discussion on The American Mind. It is an ongoing, hotly-debated discussion of conservatism's proper role in defining our culture and nation.
We encourage you to watch via livestream today at 11:30 am ET as our own Charles Kesler joins Ahamri and French at University of Notre Dame for a discussion of conservatism in the age of Trump. You won't want to miss this important event.
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Discourses include shorter posts and column-style writings that engage the national conversation as it unfolds. |
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Sohrab Ahmari responds to the statement “Against the New Nationalism,” published recently by Commonweal Magazine.
He asks, does Commonweal stand for the Christian faith, or imperial liberalism?
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The place of Christians in American life is a question of justice. |
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French is right to defend Liberalism—but Ahmari is right about how to preserve it. |
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Political intolerance reaches deep into personal life, writes Claremont Institute Chairman Thomas Klingenstein. |
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The tech-fueled crisis of liberalism brings nature, not theology, to the fore. |
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The Ahmari-French debate missed the point, writes Hadley Arkes. |
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Essays of the Week are original, longer essays on an important topic. |
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Putting the question to David French about moral reasoning in action. |
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Plebiscitary democracy will almost certainly bring much sharper ideological, geographical, racial, and religious divisions. |
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Watch as Sohrab Ahmari of the New York Post spars with David French of National Review on how conservatives should respond to the culture wars.
The debate, moderated by IHE Fellow and New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, was the latest in a spirited and ongoing discussion about how the Right should respond to the present cultural crisis.
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Watch as Matthew Spalding, Associate Vice President of Hillsdale College and Fellow at the Claremont Institute, appeares on a panel at the American Political Science Association's annual meeting to discuss the 116th Congress and its efficacy as a lawmaking body.
The panel also featured talks from Kathryn Pearson, an Associate Professor specializing in American politics at the University of Minnesota; Molly Reynolds, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution; and James Wallner, a Senior Governance Fellow at the R Street Institute. It was chaired by Joseph Postell, an Assistant Professor of political science at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
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Tune in! In this new edition of The American Mind podcast, host Ryan Williams sits down with Ronald “R.J.” Pestritto, Dean of the Graduate School and Professor of Politics at Hillsdale College, to discuss Progressivism: how it came to be, its theoretical and political impact, and what it means for us today.
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