Public Discourse

Sneering at persons who are not social constructionists has become commonplace. Until defenders of inherent virtues, natural laws, divine beings, and other things that transcend social reality learn to overcome this initial set-up, they will be forever on the defensive.

Conservatives need a literary tradition that matches Russell Kirk’s political tradition in The Conservative Mind; Robert Oscar López’s new book is a pioneer in this effort.

How many Solzhenitsyns are occupying the pipelines of novelists in America?

Jeffrey Eugenides shows what happens to the novel when courtship and marriage lose their binding character.

The conditions that inspired "The Scarlet Letter" highlight the gap between public employment and civic motives.

Intellectuals have failed to recognize the real character of the Tea Party.