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Roman republic

Celebrating the publication of Kathryn Milne, Inside the Roman Legions, 264-107 BCE

Kathryn Milne   |  April 30, 2024

A new book takes us inside life and service in the Roman legions, 264-107 BCE

Dictators R Us

Nadya Williams   |  June 20, 2023

It’s been a good PR spring and summer for dictators, old and new. Earlier in the spring, an article in the American Conservative waxed poetically over Vlad the Impaler’s leadership lessons for the rest of us. Some conservatives, in the […]

Is Joe Biden’s student debt relief plan “populist”?

John Fea   |  August 30, 2022

This is an interesting piece by Sebastian Milbank, online editor of The Critic. He argues that Biden is a better populist than many on the Right. A taste: What did (and does) populism consist of, outside of a vague rhetorical […]