CATEGORY: CLASSICAL LIBERALISM (9 min)
Does classical liberalism have a future?
Reviewing Bruce Caldwell’s Mont Pèlerin in Law & Liberty, Samuel Gregg notes how liberalism is being criticized by both the left the right today.
But perhaps liberalism under fire is in fact a “return to normalcy.”
“Classical liberalism’s influence has always been uneven at the best of times,” he observes—in part because liberals draw on intellectual foundations that are often in conflict with each other.
In Gregg’s assessment, today’s moment closely resembles that of 1947, when Friedrich Hayek gathered a group of classical liberal thinkers at Mont Pèlerin.
What can we learn by reading this account of that seminal summit?
Plenty.
Gregg argues both—about the very real differences that arise between liberals—AND about why we should recover the principles of classical liberalism.
Read more right here.
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CATEGORY: CULTURE (5 min)
You’d think art scholars and critics would be able to interpret works of art.
That’s wishful thinking, according to Heather Mac Donald in City Journal.
“Revisionist curating” is taking European museums by storm, and no classical masterpiece is safe from deconstruction.
That self-portrait by Hogarth? Clearly displays the exploitation of women and slaves represented by that curvy wooden chair he’s sitting on!
Rembrandt’s The Night Watch? It erases the African community that may have lived nearby!
That still life over there? Must be about the future exploitation of indigenous people!
It’s almost comical . . . but Mac Donald thinks it signals deep sickness within Western culture.
Do you think she’s right? Read her critique here.
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Because our student editors and writers are bravely bringing conservative ideas to their campuses, we’re highlighting their efforts here.
NC State to Allow Women’s Basketball Players on Men’s Team via The Free Pack
Are Cornell Students Still Celebrating Biden’s Presidency? via the Cornell Review
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CATEGORY: ECONOMICS (4 min)
The Road to Serfdom is one of the books we require every new ISI staff member to read.
If you haven’t read it yet, well, you should.
In the meantime, this careful selection of the most important passages is a good primer.
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You know that America is at a moment of crisis.
Rapid social decay, a bloated federal bureaucracy, and increasingly unaccountable multi-national corporations are putting unprecedented strains on the constitutional system created by the Founders.
Do the principles, institutions, and mores at the heart of the American Founding have a future?
Or are the problems we face today the result of foundational Enlightenment principles that were doomed to fail from the start?
You're invited to join ISI for an evening debate on Thursday, April 7th, at 5 p.m. EST, at the Sheraton Commander in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on how we should view our Founding principles in the light of modern challenges.
You can attend this debate in person or sign up to watch via livestream.
The debate will be held at the Sheraton Commander Hotel (16 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138) and will feature renowned conservatives Michael Anton, author of The Flight 93 Election and Hillsdale College professor, and Patrick Deneen, Notre Dame professor and best-selling author of Why Liberalism Failed.
You'll get to hear our debaters discuss their perspectives on the best conservative approach to the American Founding in the 21st century.
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“Stale conversation deserves but a bread knife.”
Vampire Weekend, ‘‘Step”
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