On History and Political Thought

Law and Liberty, November 8, 2024 A disturbing feature of the present moment in our public life is that both sides are accusing the...

Law and Liberty , November 27, 2023 I've long admired Gordon Wood's The Radicalism of the American Revolution as a model of intellectual...

First Things , November 7, 2023 With the victory of Octavian Caesar, the heir of Julius Caesar, over Antony and Cleopatra at the battle...

The New Criterion , September 2023 A c lassic debate among historians of Rome attempts to answer the question of how this city-state on...

First Things , May 12, 2023 King Alexander III of Macedon is beyond doubt among the greatest figures in world history. But was he a great...

First Things , March 4, 2022 Historians who write about merchant republics during the Renaissance often speak of an “honor deficit,” an...

First   Things , February 4, 2022 Many academics today are dismayed by the growing intolerance of heterodox thinking in contemporary...

Société, Droit et Religion , February 2, 2022 Certains lecteurs peuvent être étonnés de voir le terme «sécularité» dans le titre de cet...

First Things,   December 7, 2021 Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the European Renaissance was the profound harmony it achieved...