By William A, Galston - Jul 13, 2021
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By William A, Galston – But one thing is clear: Because the Declaration of Independence—the founding document of the American liberal order—is a product of Enlightenment rationalism, a doctrine that rejects the Enlightenment tacitly requires deconstructing the American order and rebuilding it on an entirely different foundation. Read More
By Tunku Varadarajan, Vivek Ramaswamy - Jun 25, 2021
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By Tunku Varadarajan, Vivek Ramaswamy – Interview with Vivek Ramaswamy – How and why corporate America discovered and embraced “Wokeism” and suggested remedies – selected passages, underlines added Read More
By Michael B. Poliakoff - May 5, 2021
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By Michael B. Poliakoff – A day does not go by without news of … the fierce ongoing battle to determine whether colleges and universities will hold fast to academic freedom and intellectual diversity as the catalysts of progress. Will our centers of higher learning be home to diverse theories and strategies, or will they take the illiberal path of deciding for faculty and students what they should believe?…A civil and unprejudiced campus is a priority for any academic community that is true to its purpose. But when a community of scholars and teachers… trades time-honored principles of free inquiry for reflexive and enforced social theories, it damages the broader social fabric…. Read More
By Lamar Alexander, Arne Duncan, John King, Rod Paige, Richard Riley and Margaret Spellings - Mar 1, 2021
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By Lamar Alexander, Arne Duncan, John King, Rod Paige, Richard Riley and Margaret Spellings – …the world’s oldest constitutional democracy is in grave danger. We stand at a crossroads, called to protect this democracy. …A key part of our task is to reinvigorate teaching and learning of American history and civics in our nation’s schools. A constitutional democracy requires a citizenry that has a desire to participate, and an understanding of how to do so constructively… Read More
By Robert Stacy McCain - February 5, 2021
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By Robert Stacy McCain – It is expected in politics, as a matter of human nature, that citizens will seek to advance and protect the interests of their own particular social class, ethnic group, or religious community. Attachment to our own “little platoon” — mankind’s tribal instinct, adapted to the forms of civilized society — is not irrational, nor is it harmful to the overall project of national unity. Indeed, scholars of statesmanship have long praised Burke for the insight of seeing this kind of group loyalty as “the first principle … of public affections.” How, then, has this principle of group loyalty become so wickedly warped, and turned into a weapon destructive of all social order, by the contemporary practice of progressive identity politics? Why is tribalism in America now asserting itself in such toxic and ferocious ways? Read More