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
Greta’s very corporate children’s crusade
Behind the schoolgirl climate warrior lies a shadowy cabal of lobbyists, investors and energy companies seeking to profit from a green bonanza
The road to hell for the mentally incapacitated
The weasel words of disability rights may be well-intentioned, but they mask institutional cruelty and deprive caring parents of their say
Cry, the rapidly crumbling country
President Ramaphosa has won the election but his position is fragile: South Africa faces poverty, inequality and corruption almost entirely self-inflicted by the ruling ANC