The relationship between Edmund Burke and Adam Smith underscores a fundamental connection between virtue and liberty.

Why There Are Only Two Sexes by John Skalko on June 5th, 2017 Men are men, and women are women. There is no third option. Fountainheads of Fusionism by Jordan J. Ballor on June 6th, 2017 The relationship between Edmund Burke and Adam Smith underscores a fundamental connection between virtue and liberty. Recovering a More Complex Story of the Christian West by Matthew J. Franck on June 7th, 2017 Nick Spencer’s recent collection of essays reminds us to appreciate the complex relationship between Christianity and modernity. Ted Cruz Is Right: The "International Community" Did Not Create the United States by Thomas D. Grant on June 8th, 2017 In a heated Twitter exchange with Senator Ted Cruz, Harvard professor Joyce Chaplin recently claimed that recognition by the “international community” created the United States in 1783. From an international lawyer’s standpoint, this is nonsense. Making Sense of the Founders: Politics, Natural Rights, and the Laws of Nature by Justin Dyer on June 9th, 2017 It is often alleged that the American founders lacked a unified and coherent political theory. To the contrary, a recent book by Thomas West shows that the founders broadly agreed on a philosophy of natural rights, calling for both the protection of liberty and the promotion of virtue.

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