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John Kitch is an Instructor in the Political Science Department at Northern Illinois University.

April 18, 2018|Bureaucracy, cyber warfare, Military, Rosa Brooks, Rule of Law

Blurred Lines in Contemporary Warfare

A U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton surveillance drone at NAS Jacksonville, October 26, 2014 (Michael Fitzsimmons / Shutterstock.com).

There seems to be an inevitable erosion of limits to military power in the United States, and Rosa Brooks helps us understand how this happened.

February 2, 2018|Civil Religion, football

Football as American Civic Religion

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Football is a key ritual in the nation’s civic religion and the best and worst aspects of its impact on the country’s cultural landscape flow from this.

Justifying Originalism

A discussion with Lee J. Strang

Originalism provides the surest way to access the Constitution's legal meaning and then to implement it over time.

How Sheen, King, & Falwell Changed American Politics

A discussion with James M. Patterson

James Patterson talks about three legendary clergymen in America and how they shaped our public discourse.

Dissecting the Trump-Russia Investigations: A Conversation with Andrew McCarthy

A discussion with Andrew McCarthy

Andrew McCarthy discusses the investigations of the Trump campaign's alleged collusion with the Russian government.

An Invitation to the Land of Hope: A Conversation with Bill McClay

A discussion with Wilfred M. McClay

Bill McClay talks with Richard Reinsch about his new book, Land of Hope.

The Supremes Ride the Spiral Down

The conservatives have joined the Left on the Court in creating a spiral of relativism that promises to bore down ever further.
by Hadley Arkes
The Hunger for Fathers in Joker and Ad Astra

While critics and fans have compared Joker to the gritty films of the 1970s, the movie it actually has most in common with is Ad Astra.
by Mark Judge
Contending with Demons

Dostovesky suggests an appeal to the nation untouched with a concern for eternity itself will prove insufficient to defeat ideology.
by Scott Yenor
Reviving the Contract Clause: An Acid Test for Originalism

The Contract Clause offers the most explicit recognition of the beneficence of private ordering in the entire Constitution. Why can't it be revived?
by John O. McGinnis
Lessons of a Libertarian

Gerrit Wormhoudt on how we ended up with educational and cultural institutions that have undermined the liberties the Constitution was written to secure.
by Roger Pilon

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