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Publications
In "Socrates in the Cave: On the Philosopher's Motive in Plato," edited by Paul J. Diduch and Mic... more
Editorial, Ramify Volume 5, Issue 2: Proceedings from the Inaugural Braniff Conference in the Lib... more
Aristotle writes in the Ethics that every human activity aims at the good; but human activity bec... more
Book Reviews
Law & Liberty, 2019
A review of Michael Anton's "After the Flight 93 Election," published as part of a symposium at L... more
The University Bookman, 2019
A review of "The Rise of the Research University," edited by Louis Menand, Paul Reitter, and Chad... more
Review of "After Leo Strauss: New Directions in Platonic Political Philosophy," by Tucker Landy. ... more
Review of "Western Civilization and the Academy," edited by Bradley C. S. Watson. Interpretation... more
Non-academic publications
The American Mind, 2019
The Imaginative Conservative, 2018
The Constitution established a wholly undemocratic regime and subordinated the acts of our republ... more
In "Socrates in the Cave: On the Philosopher's Motive in Plato," edited by Paul J. Diduch and Mic... more
Editorial, Ramify Volume 5, Issue 2: Proceedings from the Inaugural Braniff Conference in the Lib... more
Aristotle writes in the Ethics that every human activity aims at the good; but human activity bec... more
Law & Liberty, 2019
A review of Michael Anton's "After the Flight 93 Election," published as part of a symposium at L... more
The University Bookman, 2019
A review of "The Rise of the Research University," edited by Louis Menand, Paul Reitter, and Chad... more
Review of "After Leo Strauss: New Directions in Platonic Political Philosophy," by Tucker Landy. ... more
Review of "Western Civilization and the Academy," edited by Bradley C. S. Watson. Interpretation... more
The American Mind, 2019
The Imaginative Conservative, 2018
The Constitution established a wholly undemocratic regime and subordinated the acts of our republ... more
In this article, I respond to a thought experiment by Conor Friedersdorf at The Atlantic, and arg... more
The timelines below note instances of regime-change in selected European and American nations sin... more
Outline of Richard Rorty, "Trotsky and the Wild Orchids" (1992); used in my History of Liberal Ar... more
Outline of C.S. Lewis, "The Abolition of Man" (1943); used in my History of Liberal Arts Educatio... more
Outline of Eva Brann, "Paradoxes of Education in a Republic" (1979); used in my History of Libera... more
Outline of Jacob Klein's "The Idea of Liberal Education" (1960) and "On Liberal Education" (1965)... more
Outline of Leo Strauss, "What Is Liberal Education?" (1959) and "Liberal Education and Responsibi... more
Outline of Josef Pieper, "Leisure the Basis of Culture" ("Leisure and Worship") (1947) and "The P... more
Political interpretations of John Milton's "Paradise Lost" focus on the speeches and deeds of the... more