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Andy McCarthy puts it all together. nationalreview.com/2026/11/t…
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Those of us on the conservative side in American politics don't need new principles. We need to recover and rededicate ourselves to the old ones. If we do--but only if we do--we can meet the challenges of a progressive movement that has fully embraced expressive individualism and identity politics and is increasingly, and more and more openly, socialist.
What does my kind of conservatism want to conserve? Here are a few things, for starters: 1. The ur-principle of all sound morality, that of the profound, inherent, and equal dignity of each and every member of the human family. 2. Flourishing institutions of civil society, beginning with the marriage-based family. 3. The rule of law and limited, accountable, constitutional republican government. 4. Basic civil rights and liberties: freedoms of religion, speech, and assembly; due process and the equal protection of the laws. 5. Genuinely truth-seeking institutions of education at every level. 6. A prosperity-generating market-based economy that sustains and elevates living standards for everyone while operating within the bounds and subject to the requirements of the common good. 7. Public safety ensured by uncorrupted, efficient, and effective police, prosecutorial, and judicial authorities operating within rules fashioned to preserve and protect basic civil rights and liberties. 8. A physical environment supportive of human life and health and a moral ecology suitable for the rearing of children. 9. A strong military capable of defending the nation and its vital interests while remaining aloof from politics and respecting the principle of civilian authority.
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Some Christians get mad at me because much of my work is not based on citing chapter and verse. Accusing me of dismissing the Bible is my ultimate authority.
False. I cite social science, the stories of kids, and natural law reasoning because my hearer does not recognize scripture as authoritative.
Where did I learn such tactics? From people like @McCormickProf. Illustrated perfectly in this interview at @museumofBible
"For people who don’t accept the authority of scripture, let’s say we’re debating the question of euthanasia, simply citing the Ten Commandments—“Thou shalt not commit murder”—isn’t going to get you anywhere. In that case, I want to say, “Look, let’s treat as authoritative for purposes of this conversation, not the Bible (which I regard as authoritative but you don’t, so if we’re going to have a conversation I can’t force you to accept something as authoritative that I accept but you don’t), but reason itself. And then I will develop lines of argument that are known in our tradition as “natural law” arguments, arguments that are in principle accessible to any rational person, whether or not that person believes in divine revelation, or whether there is any revelation on the topic at all. So, the great bulk of my scholarly work is not scriptural interpretation or application. It’s natural law argumentation."
thepublicdiscourse.com/2026/…
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"While there are certainly figures associated with variants of liberalism that advance false anthropologies, distorted social outlooks and wrongheaded public policies, these views do not represent the whole of liberalism. Many Enlightenment figures espoused a vision of liberalism that is compatible with traditional Christianity, including economist and philosopher Adam Smith."
discoursemagazine.com/p/smit…
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So, Mike Rogers is saying, in essence, that Abdul El-Sayed and the Democrats are right on abortion and he's now with them. This from a guy with a near perfect pro-life voting record in the House of Representatives. Not exactly a profile in courage! 1/
I have been clear about this issue time and time again and I will not allow Abdul to lie about my position.
This decision is one of the hardest decisions a woman will make in her entire life and it should be handled with her family and her doctor. Period.
The Michigan voters went to the ballot box and made a woman’s right to choose part our State Constitution and as Michigan’s next Senator I will never go to Washington and overturn the will of the Michigan people.
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Governor, you can say "abortion is health care" all day and it won't alter the fact from which you wish to distract us, namely, that abortion is deliberately killing a living member of the human species--a human being and as such a bearer of profound, inherent, and equal dignity.
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In September 2026, at a private meeting of TGC Council members, @RevKevDeYoung gave a presentation on responding to Christian nationalism.
DeYoung offers 15 answers someone might give when asked what they mean by identifying as a Christian nationalist.
thegospelcoalition.org/podca…
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It's no secret that there is a crisis in the humanities in U.S. higher education. The American Academy of Sciences and Letters has done a great service in diagnosing the crisis in this important new report by a team of scholars led by Josiah Ober of Stanford.
academysciencesletters.org/w…
Even as a Kentucky fan, I agree with you on this @JoshPateCFB. But your argument rings hollow when you sit in front of FanDuel helmets. Sports betting is taking over the sport by the exact same logic. Bad for the sport and everyone involved…except for those who are getting rich.
Most CFB “leaders” couldn’t define the sport’s value absent CFP implications if their lives depended on it
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We're pleased to introduce Philanthropy Roundtable's inaugural Distinguished Fellows: Kim Dennis, Robert P. George, and Carrie Coors Tynan.
These accomplished leaders bring deep expertise in liberty philanthropy, American institutions, family philanthropy and donor intent. Through articles, interviews and selected Roundtable programs, they will help explore how philanthropy can strengthen institutions, advance opportunity and preserve charitable purpose across generations.
Learn more about our Distinguished Fellows: philanthropyroundtable.org/p…
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The Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act is a model for protecting potential victims wherever abuse occurs, @McCormickProf writes. wapo.st/4B0PkH3
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 Fidelity Month high school student essay prizes: Lara Cratty; Ziva Goldstein; Evie Lauinger!
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Robert P. George (@McCormickProf) considers what academic freedom should require from universities and professors, emphasizing intellectual diversity, serious engagement with competing viewpoints, and confidence in students’ ability to think for themselves. lawliberty.org/forum/god-man…
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When Christian nationalists criticize views like mine for supposedly offering theological justifications for liberal democracy, then Christian nationalism fares no better, for it is quietly beholden to the state and political conditions for its own legitimacy. In that form, Christian nationalism is often a form of Christian Hegelianism, wherein the operations of the state drive history—and the Kingdom of God—forward. Making the legitimacy of one’s political theology dependent on the state’s privileging it evinces a structural weakness in the program itself. The idea that the Kingdom of Christ requires formal dependence on, and enactment through, the state insults the efficacy of the blood of Christ. wng.org/opinions/michael-sco…
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The assassination of Charlie Kirk one year ago today was first and most importantly a tragedy for his family. It was a tragedy more broadly, too. Ever since, people on the Right, especially young people, have filled social media with the following: “Look, we tried engaging those on the Left in public debates, making arguments, listening to their perspectives, responding. That’s what Charlie Kirk went around college campuses doing, and they killed him for it. We need to fight fire with fire, using the same tactics that the woke progressives use against us.”
That is a recipe for disaster. There are always going to be people at both ends of the political spectrum who think that reasons, arguments, and evidence aren’t enough and that we must silence those who disagree with us. Some of them might even resort to violence. When people try to silence you, don’t respond in kind by trying to silence them. People of goodwill, intellectually and morally serious people of every shade of belief, have in common a desire to know the truth and to live by the truth. But ideologues, dogmatists, and fanatics undermine the enterprise of truth seeking by neglecting the central and universal truth of human fallibility. Don't give up on discussion and debate--on trying to learn from people even when disagreeing with them.
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It's common to suppose that liberalism and democracy "go together like a horse and carriage." In truth, though, there are tensions between liberal principles and democratic ideals. They were not lost on the great 19th century English philosopher John Stuart Mill. My Princeton colleague Greg Conti has give us a fine new volume of Mill's writings on the subject.
For any fans of political theory:
I published a book a few months ago. It is an edition of John Stuart Mill's about parliament, representation, and democratization.
May be of interest to those curious about the fraught relationship between liberalism and democracy.
hackettpublishing.com/writin…
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In developing an account of the common good that preserves order without extinguishing liberty—and liberty without dissolving order—these two books have been the most decisive for me.
Together, they chart a middle course between libertarianism and postliberalism: perfectionist in affirming genuine moral goods that law must protect and positively advance; principled in defending civil liberties that permit public contestation over those goods; and prudential in recognizing that counterfeit goods eventually confront a community’s authority to determine what it will tolerate, regulate, or prohibit.
A great essay from @RyanTAnd and @McCormickProf also distills this paradigm: nationalaffairs.com/publicat…
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The “near collapse of civic friendship is a catastrophic threat to public life,” @McCormickProf writes. “Restoring it depends on our capacity to practice civil discourse, which in turn requires us to acknowledge our fallibility.” theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…
