Part II of JMC's Historical Series on Abraham Lincoln

Part I of JMC's Historical Series on Abraham Lincoln

JMC fellow Michael Breidenbach has written a new book, Our Dear-Bought Liberty: Catholics and Religious Toleration in Early America.

JMC faculty partner Mark David Hall has recently written a piece for Chronicles on the 1619 Project, slavery in America, and our founding ideals.

JMC fellow Kenneth McIntyre has recently written a book, Nomocratic Pluralism: Plural Values, Negative Liberty, and the Rule of Law.

American Political Thought, a JMC-supported journal, has recently published its Fall 2020 issue featuring pieces by several JMC academics.

JMC fellow Joshua A. Lynn has written a piece for Civil War History on conservatism, popular sovereignty, and Civil War politics.

JMC faculty partner Greg Weiner has written an article for National Review on Edmund Burke, Abraham Lincoln, and the errors of cancel culture.

Frederick Douglass was born in February 1818 on the eastern shore of Maryland. He is remembered as one of the greatest figures in the American antislavery movement.

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Hodgenville, Kentucky. He is best known for his immense impact in leading our nation through a civil war and for ultimately abolishing slavery.

George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 in Popes Creek, Westmoreland County, Virginia. Our first president, he holds the title "father of our country."

JMC fellow Greg Weiner releases a new book in which he argues that the judicial branch should not have total constitutional authority.

JMC faculty partner Diana Schaub recently appeared on the National Affairs podcast to discuss her Spring 2014 essay on Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.

JMC faculty partner Andrew Delbanco has won a 2019 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for his book, The War Before the War, which explores how fugitive slaves helped push the nation towards civil war.

JMC fellow Greg Weiner has recently written an article for the New York Times on civic education and the constitutional order.

JMC fellows Zachary Courser, Benjamin Kleinerman, and George Thomas have recently contributed to a book on the Constitution and the political polarization of America.

JMC Fellow Carli Conklin has recently written a book that considers the pursuit of happiness across a variety of intellectual traditions and explores its usage in key legal texts of the Founding Era.

In his article published in the Imaginative Conservative, John Gist discusses American political theorist Orestes Brownson's reflections on freedom.

A Journal of Ideas, Institutions, and Culture

Yiftah Elazar on Bentham's theory of liberty

A new textbook on religious liberty in the US.

Ronald Bailey asks: Can economic activity under a system of liberty be environmentally sustainable in the long run?