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Jacksonville State University: What is Political Civility Today?

The Tocqueville Lecture Series at Jacksonville State University, a JMC partner program, will hold a hybrid in-person/virtual presentation and Q&A with faculty partner Lee Trepanier on “What is Political Civility […]

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Arizona State University: Is the Goal of the University to Pursue Knowledge or Social Justice?

On April 13, 2022, the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University, a JMC partner program, will host faculty partner John Tomasi, inaugural president of […]

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Arizona State University: Lessons Learned and Tough Choices in Public Leadership

On March 29, 2022, the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University, a JMC partner program, hosted Heather Wilson, the president of University of Texas […]

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Yeshiva University: Aristotle, Maimonides, and the Politics of Ethics Today

The Straus Center at Yeshiva University, a JMC partner program, hosted James Diamond to speak on Aristotle, Maimonides, and how these two thinkers—one ancient, and one medieval—can enrich our political-ethical […]

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Arizona State University: Racism, Race and the Dignity of our Individuality

On February 25, 2022, the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University, a JMC partner program, hosted Kmele Foster and Karen Attiah for the third […]

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Robert Burton & Zachary German: Constitutional Humility and Judicial Virtue

JMC fellow Robert Burton and Zachary German have recently co-written an article for American Political Thought Journal, "Constitutional Humility: The Contested Meaning of a Judicial Virtue."

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CU-Boulder: The Problem of Self-Censorship in American Public Discourse

On February 8, 2021 the Benson Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder, will be hosting Glenn Loury for a lecture on self-censorship and free expression.

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Steven McGuire: “Two Cheers for Politics”

Faculty partner Steven McGuire has written a review of Zena Hitz's Lost in Thought for Public Discourse.

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Glenn Moots on Virtual Teaching and Philosophical Responses to COVID-19

JMC faculty partner Glenn Moots has recently written articles for Law & Liberty and Public Discourse on philosophical approaches to COVID-19 and its effect on higher education.

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Notre Dame’s Intellectual Culture

Charles Murray's visit to Notre Dame illustrated the University's commitment to truth-seeking.

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America’s Civic Virtue of Moderation

Paul Carrese, the Director of Arizona State University's School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership, reviews Leslie Rubin's book.

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Free Speech is an American Political Principle

JMC fellow Robert T. Miller writes about why Americans ought to protect speech despite the presence of recognizably offensive speech.

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What the American Founding Suggests about Marriage

JMC faculty partner Vincent Philip Muñoz examines how the Founding regards marriage in his Public Discourse article.

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Originalism Isn’t Just for Conservatives

Carson Holloway endorses the originalist method of Constitutional interpretation as the strongest safeguard against politically active judges.

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A Catholic Take on the American Constitution

Nathan Beacom writes about Orestes Brownson on the written and unwritten American constitution and its relationship to religion.

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Socratic Reason, Free Speech, and White Supremacists

JMC faculty partner Joe Herbert's new article in the Public Discourse on the tension between the absolutist view of freedom of speech and our regime's rational foundations.

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