Sunstein has written a new book, called “ On Liberalism ,” which is a defense of the idea of liberalism at a time when ...

To be economically liberal is to favor low taxes and minimal government; to be politically liberal is to favor social programs and collective protections.

For decades, liberal democracies in the West prided themselves on open borders, multiculturalism, and humanitarian compassion. These ideals were rooted in moral conviction- that every human being ...

Robert Jenrick’s complaints about “not seeing another white face” in Birmingham’s Handsworth show the Tories will push racism ...

Ideologies have ruled the social-intellectual landscape over the flow of time. The history of mankind can often be seen as ...

Histories of the idea of liberalism usually begin in the seventeenth century with the philosopher taken to be its patron saint, John Locke. In the aftermath of the wars of religion, the story goes, ...

A near quadrupling of the federal deficit in 2009 alone. The nationalization of the Detroit automakers. The reduction of the biggest banks in the country to mere factotums. Plans to force legislation ...

Prior to Kanye West, Lawrence Dennis was America’s most famous Black fascist. Born in 1893, Dennis had European features and light skin that allowed him to pass for white, which he did for nearly his ...

In "Toward an Augustinian Liberalism," Paul Weithman argues that modern liberal institutions should be concerned with the political vice of pride as a threat to the neutral, legitimate use of public ...

Alan Wolfe is the sort of social theorist who would rather be plausible than provocative. Eschewing the lunacies of the left and the right—avoiding even their slighter sillinesses—he hews to a ...

Liberals used to be famous for battling each other as much as their opponents on the far left and far right. After all, liberalism is a complex tradition with many strands and internal tensions. Yet ...