In America on Trial, Robert Reilly, an American Catholic and patriot, presents the American Founding as “young and beautiful,” as a noble and just “city in speech.” By these Platonic characterizations, I mean two things. […]
There is a consequential debate going on right now in intellectual Catholic circles that ought to interest all Catholics. It can be found in the (often digital) pages of First Things, Law and Liberty, Public […]
Forgive me, readers, for fast-forwarding to the end. But Robert Reilly’s closing salvo in his new book, America on Trial: A Defense of the Founding, are rallying words for us. As we watch the world—and […]
In logic, there is a fallacy called the “no true Scotsman.” The trick of it is, examples to the contrary are illegitimately dismissed. If I were to claim, “No Scotsman runs from a fight,” and […]
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