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Ten years ago Bruce Springsteen cast a spiritual vision for America. It still rings true.

Successful free speech in college classrooms hangs on guidance about how to reason

Making the “sacred cause of liberty” a little less sacred might get us somewhere

The president’s commitment to human dignity is starting to ring hollow in my ears

In the midst of autocratic threat, vision sharpens

History—especially modern history—underscores the limits of force

The hope of better work requires radical reorientation

Russian invasion, Ukrainian resistance: We’ve seen it before. Or have we?

Innocent people are dead in Ukraine. Pro-lifers with platforms must oppose this invasion with every ounce of their being.

If gathering and sharing our lives seems oh-so-2019, we’re in trouble

When it comes to liberal learning, those on the outside often guide us to its center

Does loving our neighbor require us to love our neighborhood as well?

The sloppy reductionism of the chattering classes does little to help us understand a diverse movement

Georgia’s proposed bills overlook one crucial truth: It’s the truth that sets us free

What would happen if we hit the road as citizens, rather than enemies?

Why confusing stubbornness for constancy is deadly—especially in contemporary politics

The recent fuss over Great Books courses distracts us from the question that really matters: What is the purpose of the university in the first place?

The new understanding of “legitimate political discourse” was a long time in the making

There are political forces with deep pockets trying to shape how we learn American history. What are academic historians to do?

Long Live Death on the Nile—and Agatha Christie