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3 weeks ago | 
lawliberty.org | Richard Alan Ryerson |John Grove |John O. McGinnis |Jodi Bruhn
In front of Lexington, Massachusetts’s Town Hall is a large sign that announces, every day, the number of days until April 19, 2025, the 250th anniversary of the first battle between British Army soldiers and local militia units that began America’s War for Independence. Neither the original event’s location nor its date was entirely a surprise, either in Massachusetts or as far south as Virginia.
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3 weeks ago | 
lawliberty.org | Richard Gunderman |Liberal Arts |Theodore Dalrymple |John Grove
A health food store owner is cryogenically frozen and revived two centuries later. To his surprise, he learns that the steak, cream pies, and hot fudge he once avoided as unhealthy have turned out to be anything but.
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3 weeks ago | 
lawliberty.org | Rachel Lu |John Grove |Jodi Bruhn |John Berlau
The Black Death marked an interesting turning point in European history. It was of course a monumental tragedy, killing as much as half of the entire population of fourteenth-century Europe, inflicting terror and suffering on an unimaginable scale. If you managed to survive it, your chances of thriving in the post-plague world were relatively good. With so much newly available land and resources, science and agriculture saw significant advances.
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4 weeks ago | 
lawliberty.org | John Grove |Jodi Bruhn |John Berlau |George Hawley
Of all the signs of spring, none is as exciting and as American as baseball’s Opening Day. Yet recently, each new season has come with fresh complaints about the sport. It’s definitely not dying as some argue. But neither is its popularity rising. Many commentators and casual fans are concerned that the sport is too “boring” for modern audiences. And while more devoted fans would probably contest that description, there is a sense that something is amiss with the way the game is currently played.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
fusionaier.org | John Grove
January 14, 2025By John G. GroveWhat is public life? In the leadup to the election, the evangelical author Nancy Pearcey tweeted out an appeal for pastors to be more political.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
lawliberty.org | John Grove |Daniel Mahoney |Austin Raynor |Alex J. Pollock
Daniel Mahoney has written a beautiful and insightful reflection on “Scrutonian Conservatism” to set up this forum on the five-year anniversary of Sir Roger Scruton’s passing. Mahoney’s essay also serves as a wonderful introduction for anyone unfamiliar with Scruton’s ideas.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
acton.org | John Grove
In today’s intellectual climate, it is refreshing to find a book on the relationship between Christianity and politics that is neither a reactionary daydream nor a breathless polemic against anyone who thinks there could be Christian influences on political culture.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
lawliberty.org | John Grove |Rachel Lu |Titus Techera |Auguste Meyrat
Rachel Lu has written a thoughtful reflection on the personal obligations of voting and the potential moral difficulties that come with it. I find most of her observations to be valuable, though I don’t think that they lead to the conclusion she draws, namely, that there is a strong moral presumption to vote—and to vote for a major party candidate who has a reasonable chance of winning and governing. Two of Lu’s points are particularly worthy of further consideration.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
lawliberty.org | James Hankins |John Grove |Titus Techera |Auguste Meyrat
with James Hankins, hosted by John G. Grove The past five years have been tumultuous ones for elite higher education. Campuses have been rocked by plagiarism scandals, ugly and violent protests, and revelations about admissions discrimination that went on under the guise of affirmative action. Meanwhile, reformers are trying out new approaches, from civics institutes to more robust legislative oversight of public universities to brand-new private institutions.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
lawliberty.org | John Grove |Rachel Lu |James Hankins |Rebecca Burgess
October 1, 2024 An effort to save the university from politics must go beyond free speech. Reviewing David Rabban’s recent book last week, John McGinnis called attention to the distinction between academic freedom and the freedom of speech. The latter concept is often seen as the key to depoliticizing universities, purging them from ideological bias.
