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Is America Becoming Rome Versus Byzantium?
Is America Becoming Rome Versus Byzantium? Our Byzantine interior and Roman coasts are quite differently interpreting their shared American heritage as they increasingly plot radically divergent courses to survive in scary times.
Victor Davis Hanson | Oct. 15, 2021
Review of Edward Younkins, Exploring Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s ...
Review of Edward Younkins,
Exploring Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Magnum Opus
Art Carden | Oct. 4, 2021
‘Science,’ They Said
‘Science,’ They Said: Science is dying; superstition disguised as morality is returning. And we all will soon become poorer, angrier and more divided.
Victor Davis Hanson | Sep. 17, 2021
Epitaph for the ‘War on Terror’
Epitaph for the ‘War on Terror’: Avenging 9/11 and preventing its recurrence was justification for putting enormous effort and money into unrelated or even counterproductive activities the ruling class sold to us as antiterrorism.
Angelo M. Codevilla | Sep. 17, 2021
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Religion and the Rise of Capitalism
By Benjamin M. Friedman
Reviewed By Robert M. Whaples
Religion and the Rise of Capitalism
By Benjamin M. Friedman
Reviewed By Robert M. Whaples
Was Jesus a Socialist? Why This Question Is Being Asked Again, and ...
Lawrence W. Reed
Reviewed By Robert M. Whaples
Was Jesus a Socialist? Why This Question Is Being Asked Again, and Why the Answer Is Almost Always Wrong
Lawrence W. Reed
Reviewed By Robert M. Whaples
American Conservatism: Reclaiming an Intellectual Tradition
Reviewed By J. Daniel Hammond
American Conservatism: Reclaiming an Intellectual Tradition
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The Progressive Era and the Family
The Progressive Era and the Family
By Murray N. Rothbard
Research Article
| Dec. 28, 2020
Is It Time for a “490 B.C. Project”? High Schoolers Need to Know Our Classical ...
Is It Time for a “490 B.C. Project”? High Schoolers Need to Know Our Classical Heritage
By Williamson M. Evers, Victor Davis Hanson, Morgan E. Hunter
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| Sep. 23, 2020
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Bootleggers and Baptists Go Digital
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The Independent Review
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“Planned Parenthood Cancels Margaret Sanger”
Apr. 22, 2021
“California Governor Vetoes Ethnic Studies” Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers on The Education Exchange podcast
Oct. 13, 2020
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Kresta in the Afternoon
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Sep. 4, 2019
Research Fellow Robert Whaples, editor of Pope Francis and the Caring Society appears on the Jason Hartman podcast
Dec. 14, 2018
Research Fellow Robert Whaples on the Bill Martinez Live Radio Show
Apr. 24, 2018
Pope Francis and the Existence of Hell. Research Fellow Robert Whaples on the Voice of Reason Radio Show
Apr. 24, 2018
Research Fellow Robert Whaples on Spirit Mornings on Spirit Catholic Radio
Feb. 14, 2018
Research Fellow Robert Whaples Appears on "Eric Metaxas Show", Salem Radio Network
Dec. 15, 2017
Research Fellow Robert Whaples, Editor of
Pope Francis and the Caring Society
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Dec. 5, 2017
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Aug. 1, 2015
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June 26, 2015
C.S. Lewis on Mere Liberty and the Evils of Statism
Aug. 2, 2014
