CATEGORY: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (5 min)
Show of hands: Who’s familiar with Ben Shapiro’s latest book, The Right Side of History?
Whether or not you’ve read it, you’ll understand Shapiro better if you know who his influences are.
Especially, in this case, the philosopher Leo Strauss.
Is Conservatism Universal?
In this week’s Intercollegiate Review essay, writer Henry George introduces you to the ideas contained in Strauss’s—and by extension, Shapiro’s—work.
Read George’s essay to learn:
- What universalism is, and what role it plays in Strauss’s and Shapiro’s thought
- Where equality and justice actually came from
- Why Strauss criticized the “father of conservatism,” Edmund Burke
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CATEGORY: ECONOMICS (6 min)
If you’ve been following the debate over socialism, you’ll usually see Venezuela’s disarray thrown in as a warning of what the ideology produces.
Maybe you even saw the footage.
But Venezuela’s not alone. It’s not all fun and Frugelé in Chile, either.
And if you thought the problem was complex and far-reaching, just wait until you read about its causes.
An Observer Reports from Santiago
Over at the American Mind, Pablo Maillet reports on the situation in Chile from the ground.
Chile’s problems aren’t just economic. They’re also social, and even spiritual.
Maillet reveals why in this eye-opening essay.
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CATEGORY: ETHICS (4 min)
The Berlin Wall, a symbol of Soviet oppression and violence, fell 30 years ago this week.
The Cold War ended peacefully not too long after.
By all accounts, it should have erupted into a third world war. Why didn’t it?
The History No One Knows
In this week’s archive pull, bestselling author Paul Kengor and writer-director Robert Orlando reveal the little-known friendship between Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II.
Both were shot by would-be assassins just six weeks apart.
Their experiences forged a friendship and a commitment with historic consequences.
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