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Prophecy and Realpolitik in the Holy Land – David P. Goldman

Oct 15, 2024 | lawliberty.org | David Friedman |David Goldman |John O. McGinnis |J. R. Gage

David Friedman was Donald Trump’s tax attorney before the former president made him Ambassador to Israel in 2017. The Senate confirmed his appointment by a whisker-thin majority, over the vociferous opposition of the foreign policy establishment and the liberal Jewish world. What seemed like a crony appointment at the time turned out to be a stroke of genius.
Who Watches the Bankers? – Peter J. Wallison

Oct 14, 2024 | lawliberty.org | Peter J. Wallison |John O. McGinnis |J. R. Gage |Brandon Warmke

October 14, 2024 The present system of banking oversight is not working. A privatized one might be better. In March 2023, three large US banks failed, and one was closed and liquidated. The most prominent failure was Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a California chartered bank for which the Federal Reserve was the federal safety and soundness supervisor.
The Disenchanted Charles Taylor – Graham McAleer

Oct 11, 2024 | lawliberty.org | Charles Taylor |Graham McAleer |John O. McGinnis |J. R. Gage

In the Poetics, Aristotle argues that we are by nature imitators. Poetry, as a type of imitation, gives pleasure because by it, says Aristotle, we “come to understand and work out what each thing is.” Charles Taylor—one of the preeminent living philosophers—does not think Aristotle’s poetics viable in modernity, an age of self-creation. The 92-year-old Canadian is a specialist in hefty books.
The Work Cure - Richard Gunderman

Oct 11, 2024 | lawliberty.org | Richard Gunderman |Liberal Arts |John O. McGinnis |J. R. Gage

The view that work represents an affliction or even a curse stretches far back in our cultural history. In the Book of Genesis, when the first humans are expelled from the Garden of Eden, the woman is told that her labor in childbearing will be accompanied by suffering, and the man learns that the ground is cursed because of him, and only through painful toil will he eat of it.
The Progressive Threat to Constitutionalism – John O. McGinnis

Oct 10, 2024 | lawliberty.org | John O. McGinnis |J. R. Gage |Paul O. Carrese |Max J. Prowant

Individuals may threaten the rule of law, but ideas pose a deeper, more enduring danger. People die, but ideas persist across generations, shaping minds and reshaping societies. Today, progressivism stands as the gravest threat to the rule of law in our constitutional democracy. Progressivism’s challenge to the American legal order arises not from misunderstanding but from a deep-rooted opposition to the Constitution’s original design.
The Practice of Prudence in Redgauntlet – Christopher J. Scalia

Oct 4, 2024 | lawliberty.org | Christopher J. Scalia |J. R. Gage |Paul O. Carrese |Max J. Prowant

Several years ago, political science professor Greg Weiner surveyed our political landscape and asked, “What space is left for prudence?” It’s a good question: at a time marked by major political division, when neither political party can garner an enduring majority, and after a summer punctuated by two plots on a former president’s life, the ancient virtue of prudence seems impracticable.
The Unintended Brilliance of Dead Poets Society – J. R. Gage

Oct 4, 2024 | lawliberty.org | J. R. Gage |Max J. Prowant |Rachel Lu |James Hankins

As students return to school and our anticipation for fall colors grows, many of us are putting on classic movies that fit the autumn vibes. One of those perennial favorites is Dead Poets Society, a film that has been praised by a generation of students and teachers for its rebellious defense of the humanities. But as we approach its 35th anniversary, the film is due for a reevaluation.