This article appears in the May 15/22, 2023 issue.. Illustration by Victor Juhasz. Fifty years ago, William F. Buckley Jr. vowed not to read another book about liberalism until his mother wrote one.

Liberalism is a political philosophy of its own—a centuries-old one that focuses on liberty, or freedom. To understand how we got here, I had to go on a bit of a journey — all the way back to ...

Liberalism as a coherent philosophy began to crumble, replaced by the New Left. The New Left was paranoid, conspiratorial, and anti-American. It is that Left that now runs the Democratic Party.

But there are a wide range of theories about the difference between the two. And it's hard for me to say for sure which (if any) are correct. Here are some possibilities: ...

I am tempted to dispute almost every claim in “Liberalism as a Way of Life,” a stirring new book by the political philosopher Alexandre Lefebvre, and that is how I know I admire it.There is ...

Common Law Liberalism: A New Theory of the Libertarian Society, by John Hasnas, Oxford University Press, 328 pages, $90. Arguments for libertarianism typically take two forms. Some libertarians ...

Is it impossible for liberalism to build? Skip to content Skip to site index ... Two Theories of What I’m Getting Wrong. July 16, 2023. America must rebuild itself to survive.