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May 6, 2020
in Current Affairs, Humanities, Philosophy

Standing for Reason at the Universities

May 6, 2020
in Current Affairs, Humanities, Philosophy

John Sexton— Over twenty-five years ago, in a speech at Saint Louis University, I focused on a too-little-noticed day in 1957, a turning point in American history: October 8, 1957. The day’s edition of New York’s major tabloid the Daily News bore two screaming headlines. The first announced the demise of

September 14, 2006
in Current Affairs, Political Science

Does American Democracy Still Work?

September 14, 2006
in Current Affairs, Political Science

With the midterm congressional races heating up and November 7 right around the corner, we are once again privileged witnesses of American democracy in action…or, as Alan Wolfe sees it, American democracy inaction. In his new book, Does American Democracy Still Work?, Wolfe identifies the current political conditions that have