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Christmas and Western Civilization

Though Christmas is a religious holiday, secularists should appreciate its great contribution to Western Civilization: the lesson that all men are equal in their fundamental human dignity.

Polyamory in the 21st Century

A book on the polyamorous community by a “participant observer” provides a window into a weird, confused, and growing world.

Socialism and Solidarity

It is at our own peril that we ignore the nexus between moral convictions, the institutions in which they are realized, and our economic culture.

Illegal Immigration and the Rule of Law

Laws regulating immigration are analogous to those requiring the payment of taxes or the licensing of physicians. Granting amnesty to illegal immigrants is not in itself unjust, but it may be imprudent.

The Shock of Recognition

Newly defined and vigorously enforced rights have proliferated even as they are uprooted from any philosophic grounding.

Constitutional Illusions

A new book by Hadley Arkes draws attention to the contradictions and ambiguities of the republic’s jurisprudence.

Ambiguity at the American Acropolis

An exhibition by contemporary artist Enrique Martínez Celaya at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (on view through November 23rd) is a unique chance to contrast the uncertainty of our own age with the New Medievalism of the great American architect, Ralph Adams Cram.