With Yuval Levin

2 weeks ago | aei.org | With Yuval Levin |Christine Rosen |Yuval Levin |Nat Malkus

As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, American democracy faces profound challenges in the form of declining trust in institutions and growing political and cultural divides. While policy solutions and institutional reforms are essential, they are not enough. The strength of our democracy depends on a civic culture that sustains it. Can we foster a shared set of norms, values, and beliefs that empower our institutions and help us navigate our differences?

Jan 17, 2025 | aei.org | John Podhoretz |With Yuval Levin |Christopher J. Scalia |Yuval Levin

Not so long ago, Americans frequently engaged with art and literature and enjoyed culturally significant events. Whether people were running to the record store, movie theatre, or bookseller, new releases prompted deep anticipatory excitement. But over the past generation, fewer works of art have become cultural touchstones. What happened? Why does our art seem to matter less? Why don’t critics and audiences alike react to art as we once did?

Aug 12, 2024 | aei.org | With Yuval Levin |Gary Schmitt |Yuval Levin |John Fortier

In his 1987 book Taking the Constitution Seriously, AEI Resident Scholar Walter Berns critiqued attempts by judges and other legal experts to weaken Americans’ association between constitutionality and wisdom. Americans today, however, are increasingly inclined to leave the Constitution to lawyers. Although the Constitution is law, some of its most important implications for America’s contemporary challenges have to do with the ways in which it is more than merely law.

May 16, 2024 | aei.org | With Yuval Levin |Ramesh Ponnuru |Yuval Levin |Michael Brickman

Critics often treat the American Constitution as an antidemocratic cudgel that only aggravates our national fault lines. But what if the Constitution is the solution to our problems of disunity rather than the cause? In American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation—and Could Again, AEI’s Yuval Levin showcases the Constitution’s exceptional power to facilitate constructive disagreement, negotiate resolutions to disputes, and forge unity in a fractured society.

Apr 23, 2024 | aei.org | With Yuval Levin |Yuval Levin |Dalibor Rohac |Giselle Donnelly

The Constitution has never had its shortage of critics, famously scorned over the past few centuries by historical figures such as Thomas Paine, William Lloyd Garrison, and Woodrow Wilson. In Keeping the Republic: A Defense of American Constitutionalism, Boston College’s Dennis Hale and Marc Landy argue that taking these criticisms seriously is actually the first step toward understanding the Constitution’s virtues.