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CATEGORY: THE HUMAN PERSON (7 min)
** Shrugging off Atlas Shrugged ([link removed])
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A half-truth is a dangerous thing.
Writing in the Public Discourse, Josh Herring argues ([link removed]) that any reader of Ayn Rand must recognize the half she omits in her individualist glory fables.
Because that half is the better half.
No doubt there’s something attractive about Rand’s stories of radical individualism—particularly in an era of big government and nascent socialism.
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CATEGORY: BOOK REVIEW (11 min)
** A Library Is a Terrible Thing to Waste ([link removed])
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Admit it: You take your local library for granted.
So did Brooke Allen, as she confesses ([link removed]) in the New Criterion, before reading The Library: A Fragile History, by Andrew Pettegree and Arthur de Weduwen.
Pettegree and de Weduwen's studies show that “the concept of the public library did not really bear fruit until the very end of the nineteenth century, and its survival far into the twenty-first . . . is far from certain.”
In fact, when you look at human history, you mainly see libraries lost and libraries destroyed—by war, by religion, by ideology.
Allen’s review ([link removed]) might send you straight to the stacks—to reflect on what’s been lost and to enjoy their profound bounty . . .
while they're still there.
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Because our student editors and writers are bravely bringing conservative ideas to their campuses, we’re highlighting their efforts here.
How to be a Conservative at Stanford ([link removed]) via the Stanford Review
What ‘The Office’ Can Teach Gen Z About The Dignity Of Work ([link removed]) via the Chicago Thinker
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CATEGORY: SOCIOLOGY (4 min)
** Robert Nisbet Explains How Modern Tyranny Works ([link removed])
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We don’t need to tell you that every institution and business in America is under enormous pressure right now.
Activists are demanding they conform to progressive ideology—and harassing the ones who deviate or say nothing.
In 1953 the sociologist Robert Nisbet argued that these kinds of actions led to totalitarianism.
This
brief excerpt ([link removed]) from his classic book The Quest for Community reveals how.
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UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES ([link removed])
** The George Washington Statesmanship Program, Application Deadline Dec. 3 ([link removed])
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What do you think it takes to be a great leader?
American history is filled with examples of individuals who navigated America through moments of crisis.
We need a new generation of leaders who—learning from the great men of our past—can apply those timeless principles to our present challenges.
That’s why ISI is launching the George Washington Statesmanship Program: Ideas and Applications in Politics, Philosophy & Economics ([link removed]) .
You’re invited to apply to this competitive program that will bring together a select group of twelve ISI alumni and young professionals from across the U.S. with top ISI faculty.
Throughout the program, fellows will:
* Study prominent thinkers and statesmen like Aristotle, Edmund Burke, Alexis de Tocqueville, Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, and of course, George Washington
* Participate in a series of ‘modern day application’ sessions like “Civil Rights, Race, and Identity,” and “America is the World’s Technological City on a Hill”
* Enjoy a trip to Normandy to participate in the annual Tocqueville Conversations ([link removed]) conference at Alexis de Tocqueville’s family chateau and to visit historic sights including the beaches stormed by American troops in World War II
Sessions will take place virtually on Tuesday evenings from February through May 2022. Fellows will watch a 30-minute lecture prior to each session and will engage in a 90-minute Socratic discussion with an ISI faculty member during each session.
Applications for this program close on December 3, 2021. This is a free fellowship program; however, participants are expected to pay $500 toward their travel costs for the capstone trip to Normandy.
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“Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.”
—Martin Luther
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