Unthinkable Thoughts
Annihilation from Within: The Ultimate Threat to Nations by Fred Charles Iklé (Columbia, 142 pp., $24.50) Fear and trembling about the dark side of modern technology have been with us for...
View ArticleThe Ends of Science
Whenever I meet with scientists, I’m always struck by their optimism — and their discontent. Mostly they are optimists, excited by the latest findings: the newly isolated gene variant that may help...
View ArticleFor the Love of the Game
The Super Bowl is over. March Madness is fast approaching, with NBA and Stanley Cup playoffs close behind. Spring training for the new baseball season has begun. Year after year, season by season,...
View ArticleIn the Shadow of Progress
We live in an age of unprecedented human mastery -- over birth and death, body and mind, nature and human nature. In every realm of life, science and technology have brought remarkable advances and...
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The Spirit of Jewish Conservatism
See also EPPC Hertog Fellow Yuval Levin's response to Mr. Cohen's piece. Judaism is rooted in the love of the family; patriotism and nationalism are the flowers of its spirit, and the coming...
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Jewish Conservatism: A Manifesto
This article was co-authored by Aylana Meisel, director of strategic initiatives at the Tikvah Fund. One: The Present Condition The question Norman Podhoretz asked in his 2009 book—Why Are Jews...
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A Crisis of Liberalism?
Review: Why Liberalism Failed, by Patrick J. Deneen Since the birth of the modern age, conservatives of various stripes have lamented—often with good reason—the cultural decline of post-Enlightenment...
View ArticleThe Message from Jerusalem
American society faces a deep crisis of meaning to which the city, and the idea, of Jerusalem has an answer. It is needed by Jews, and as much or more by Christians. The post The Message from Jerusalem...
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The American Soul in a Time of Plague
Moments of extended crisis — and the Covid-19 pandemic certainly counts as a crisis — tend to reveal the many faces of man. We find ourselves reeling as normal life — the daily errands, the outing to...
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The Jewish Schools of the Future
See also EPPC Fellow Ian Lindquist’s response to the piece below, on what Christians can learn from the Jewish schools of the future.. Every so often in history, a series of great...
View ArticleStem the Tide
This week, the Senate will take up legislation already passed by the House (H.R. 810) to authorize federal funding for... The post Stem the Tide appeared first on Ethics & Public Policy Center.
View ArticleIn Whose Image Shall We Die?
The problem of living well with death is central to many of the quandaries of bioethics, from assisted suicide to... The post In Whose Image Shall We Die? appeared first on Ethics & Public Policy...
View ArticleUnthinkable Thoughts
Annihilation from Within: The Ultimate Threat to Nations by Fred Charles Iklé (Columbia, 142 pp., $24.50) Fear and trembling about... The post Unthinkable Thoughts appeared first on Ethics & Public...
View ArticleThe Ends of Science
Whenever I meet with scientists, I’m always struck by their optimism — and their discontent. Mostly they are optimists, excited... The post The Ends of Science appeared first on Ethics & Public...
View ArticleFor the Love of the Game
The Super Bowl is over. March Madness is fast approaching, with NBA and Stanley Cup playoffs close behind. Spring training... The post For the Love of the Game appeared first on Ethics & Public...
View ArticleIn the Shadow of Progress
We live in an age of unprecedented human mastery -- over birth and death, body and mind, nature and human nature. In every realm of life, science and technology have brought remarkable advances and...
View ArticleThe Spirit of Jewish Conservatism
Both in America and in Israel, the liberal faith of too many Jews has imperiled the Jewish future. Needed is a serious, thoughtful, and authentically Jewish alternative. The post The Spirit of Jewish...
View ArticleJewish Conservatism: A Manifesto
The question Norman Podhoretz asked in his 2009 book—Why Are Jews Liberals?—seems only more consequential after President Obama’s two terms in office. The post Jewish Conservatism: A Manifesto appeared...
View ArticleA Crisis of Liberalism?
There is much to admire in Patrick Deneen’s book Why Liberalism Failed, which combines impressive learning in the history of political theory and genuine attention to the complex realities of...
View ArticleThe Message from Jerusalem
American society faces a deep crisis of meaning to which the city, and the idea, of Jerusalem has an answer. It is needed by Jews, and as much or more by Christians. The post The Message from Jerusalem...
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