The Australian Way of Life
Politicians reach for “our way of life” to justify immigration restrictions—but the phrase may be too vague to bear that weight.
Liberalism
35 articles
American Liberalism and Illiberalism
Americans who may have ferocious disagreements about the size of government, foreign policy, and a wide range of other issues must find a way to unite around their shared commitment to the liberal idea.
After Liberalism
The core principles of liberalism—freedom and equality—are insufficient for the good life. We need to supplement them with a more robust, metaphysically thicker understanding of human nature and the good.
The Biggest Taboo in Academia: Israel, with Maarten Boudry | Quillette Cetera Ep. 46
"That was the moment I realised I had underestimated the ideological rot inside academia."
The Return of History: Liberal Values and Global Realities
Only when we understand the fragility of liberal democracy will we be properly motivated to defend it.
Liberalism and the West’s ‘Crisis of Meaning’
Many liberals are strangely eager to concede that liberal societies are morally and spiritually bankrupt without religion to give life meaning.
The New Political Christianity
Western civilisation has not succeeded because its liberal and secular principles are Christian; it has succeeded because Western Christians have accepted its liberal and secular values.
The Rise of a Mega-Movement
We have lost the words that we could once call upon to justify diversity of thoughts, desires, viewpoints, and policy preferences, as opposed to a diversity of demographic groups.
‘We Never Looked Back’
Education was divided along confessional lines into Catholic and Protestant school systems; for these purposes, Jews were designated Protestant.
20 Hungarian Lessons the West Is Still Missing
Hungarian politics is usually much less ideological than you think.
The Rise of Post-Liberal Man
This kind of regime-analysis disappeared with the rise of classical liberalism, which supplied an altogether different language of politics.
Liberalism—Decline or Survival
It would be a mistake to conflate “adaptive” with “good.” But similarly, it is a mistake to conflate “good” with “sustainable.”