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James Hankins
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On Ordo-Liberal Politics


On Immigration, Neither Cruelty nor Capitulation Is Warranted
The American Mind , May 1, 2025  It’s not often that an opinion writer has the good fortune to elicit serious commentary from...


Trump Should Embrace, Not Abolish the NEH
Compact , April 15, 2025 The Trump administration has been conducting a shock-and-awe campaign on official Washington that has astonished...


From Illegal Immigrants to Republican Voters: Deporting Criminals Is the Easy Part
The American Mind , April 1, 2025  In his address to Congress this month, President Trump boasted—and justly so—of his administration’s...


Seven Easy Steps for Reforming Healthcare
Law and Liberty , February 25, 2025 Â The new administration has at last come to DC, and opportunities for genuine reform, it seems,...


Optimism for the Middle Class?
Law and Liberty , November 13, 2023 Â If, like me, you are a conservative living in the world of academe, you tend to take a dark view of...


A Simple Way the Republican House can Combat the Woke Left
The Wall Street Journal , January 13, 2023  Now that Republicans control the House, what can they do to regain Americans’ trust in...


Put Down the Woke Man’s Burden
First Things, August 25, 2022 I was profiled recently in the Wall Street Journal , which was an interesting experience for a...


Ten Things I Learned from the Pandemic
First Things, August 2, 2022 I learned the following ten lessons about democratic society from the pandemic. Some of these things I...


Prudence Demands We Resist Arbitrary Government
Law & Liberty, February 10, 2021 At the beginning of Men at Arms , Evelyn Waugh’s great novel of the Second World War, his protagonist...
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