Joseph Loconte
Cicero’s Analysis Of Decline Offers Lessons For The West
The great statesman and orator traced the disintegration of the Republic to Rome’s desperate lack of principled leadership
Undeterred, Erdogan Usurps Ataturk’s Legacy
Turkish democracy remains under threat despite Erdogan’s election setback
Man Without God
When did the West become post-Christian?
Constitutional Ignoramus
In attempting to answer his question Why Tolerate Religion, Chicago philosopher Brian Leiter wilfully neglects the impact of the Judaeo-Christian tradition on Western civilisation
A Nation of Heretics
Religious belief is on the rise in the US but not of the traditional sort. Rather, a self-serving, navel-gazing, pseudo-Christianity has taken hold
Academic Ideals
Amid the higher costs for university tuition online degree courses are gaining traction. Plato and Cicero would be turning in their grave
Obama v Madison
Obama’s edict that religious organisations must contribute to birth control has wantonly undermined the sanctity of religious conscience
Stott’s Gospel
Dishonest and distasteful journalists have co-opted the late, great evangelical Reverend for their own, secular causes
Burke’s Warning
History may remember the Arab Spring’s “noble revolutionaries” in the same terms as those of the French Revolution — utopian and doomed to failure
Obama’s Fantasies
Barack Obama’s utopian daydreams lack moral courage, and are a gift to his enemies
Will the green agenda be killed off by the pandemic?
‘Will the green agenda be killed off by the longer-term coronavirus recovery? Or might the closure of so much business, and the cleaner air that results from planes not flying and factories not working, give us extra years to gain control of our environment?’
Why T.S. Eliot still matters
His contemporaries’ reputations have diminished. But Eliot’s has grown: he is the poet who shows us what can be saved from the ruins
Music’s in the house
Rappers have found a role in lockdown: chronicling coronavirus with topical tunes. Most people, though, are rushing to the safety of the past