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Patrick J. Deneen is David A. Potenziani Memorial Associate Professor of Constitutional Studies at the University of Notre Dame.

February 15, 2017|Conservatism, Conserving America, Constitution, Declaration of Independence, It's A Wonderful Life, John Locke, Orestes Brownson, Progressivism

America, What’s Left of It: A Conversation with Patrick Deneen

by Patrick J. Deneen|4 Comments

Patrick Deneen joins this edition of Liberty Law Talk to discuss his latest book, Conserving America? Essays on Present Discontents.

June 27, 2016|Conservatism, James Burnham, Liberalism, Suicide of the West

Adaptation or Abandonment?

by Patrick J. Deneen|2 Comments

Burnham’s remarkable book thus gives us a clear outline of continuity and change in America’s political ideologies over the past 50 years.

The Logos of Western Civilization: A Conversation with Sam Gregg

A discussion with Samuel Gregg

Sam Gregg explores how the West is built on the union of the God of the Philosophers and the God of the Bible.

The Politics of Judicial Review: A Conversation with Keith Whittington

A discussion with Keith Whittington

Keith Whittington discusses his reassessment of judicial review in his new book Repugnant Laws

Liberalism as Armed Doctrine: A Conversation with Philip Hamburger

A discussion with Philip Hamburger

Philip Hamburger joins us to discuss his new book Liberal Suppression

The Delusions of the Ideologue and the Wisdom of the Statesman: A Conversation with Greg Weiner

A discussion with Greg Weiner

Greg Weiner returns to Liberty Law Talk to discuss what it means to be an Old Whig.

His Russia Collusion Was More than Evident

A life of the late David Karr—Daily Worker writer, film producer, confidante of columnists, acquaintance of U.S. Presidents . . . and asset of the KGB.
by Mark Hemingway
Paul Cantor and the Dark Side of the American Dream

Cantor explores the dangers of individualism: apathy and violence; the yearning for success at any cost; and the ongoing failure of confidence in America.
by Titus Techera
Silent Originalism and the Reweighting of Precedent

The Court’s recent gerrymandering decision recognized Reynolds v. Sims as so flawed in its reasoning as not to deserve mention.
by John O. McGinnis
On the Road with Robert Kaplan

We must understand both the can-do spirit of America and the restraints imposed by the realities of a harsh landscape that won’t yield to mere optimism.
by Scott A. Silverstone
Assessing the Faith-Friendly Colleges

Could it be that their purported improvement on this score is just more “bad religion” of the kind that Ross Douthat described?
by Joseph Knippenberg

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