Only One Government Will Stand the Test of Time

The PBS series Civilizationssurveys the role art has played in forging humanity. Art can tell us much about where a culture has been and where it is going. ...

Seafaring Homesteaders in Hiding from Maritime Authorities

A Bitcoin trader and his girlfriend embraced a movement known as “seasteading,” where enthusiasts either retrofit or build floating homes ...

How Democracies Perish

Notre Dame political scientist Patrick Deneen’s new book, Why Liberalism Failed, is a challenge to those who want to revive the liberal democratic ...

How One Man Made Jury Duty A Delight

John Ortberg shares what he learned about civic duty and enthusiasm from being called to jury duty:

It was 9:00 on a Monday morning and I was one of 150 ...

The Church Is the Conscience of the State

"The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state but rather the conscience of the state. It must be the guide and the ...

Americans' Trust in Government Hits New Low

Americans' trust in government has hit an all-time low. But that lack of trust hasn't always been a part of the American experience. A chart published ...

D.C.'s Trouble Taking Out the Trash (Cans)

Washington D.C.'s effort to replace the district's decrepit, decade-old trash bins doesn't sound too complicated—have the city take ...

The Twilight of Entitlement

The Washington Post ran a very preachable article about “the collapse of ‘entitlement.’” Here’s Robert J. Samuelson definition ...

Chinese Official Praises the Role of Christianity

In his book Civilization: The West and the Rest, Niall Ferguson interviewed a member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, an arm of the Communist ...

Young Adults' Views on Politics and Attempts to Change Society

In a 2011 book, researcher Christian Smith concludes that American young adults (aged 18-23) are becoming less involved in politics and in trying to change ...