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February 28, 2023
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Resist the Post-liberal Temptation
Andrew T. Walker
National Review

Pay attention to intellectual debates on, let’s broadly call it, “the right,” and you can easily come away with the impression that liberal democracy — the very foundation upon which the American experiments rests — is in intractable decline and inevitable collapse. Because definitions matter, liberal democracy in its usage here denotes a regime established to secure and administer a just order by respecting an individual’s natural rights through a system of ordered liberty, the rule of law, and constitutional procedure.

According to various critiques, liberal democracy has strayed so far from its Judeo-Christian beginnings that its problems are not merely comparable to a head cold that will eventually go away, but to a terminable disease from which death is imminent. We could call this the declensionist critique, from the likes of individuals like Stephen Wolfe, author of the much-discussed The Case for Christian Nationalism. A similar narrative holds that liberal democracy was flawed from its foundation because it was premised on a false anthropology organized around maximizing liberty instead of protecting religion, family, and social cohesion. We could call this the foundationalist critique, evident in the works of figures like Patrick Deneen in Why Liberalism Failed.
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** The 21st Annual
William E. Simon Lecture:
What Ukraine Means
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TODAY at 6:30 PM
The Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., 20036
EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel proudly presents the 21st Annual William E. Simon Lecture as part of EPPC’s Catholic Studies ([link removed]) program. Join us for an evening of enlightening scholarship on perhaps the most consequential global event of the past year.
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Last week, Eric N. Kniffin of the HHS Accountability Project submitted public comment ([link removed]) on bills currently pending before the Washington State Legislature which would make Washington State’s mandatory reporter law the most radical in the country.
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And today, Rachel N. Morrison submitted an amicus brief in the Supreme Court ([link removed]) urging the Court to clarify the proper legal standard for when employees should receive religious accommodations in the workplace.
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“America's teens are suffering, and, as this report reveals, their parents are crying out for help.” For Newsweek, Clare Morell writes with Michael Toscano about the urgent need for lawmakers to act to help America's children ([link removed]) and shield them from massive tech corporations.
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For The Federalist, Nathanael Blake writes about the error of those calling for a "national divorce." ([link removed])
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