In Praise of Authority
Feature Articles
One hesitates to write about “authority” because in today’s culture the concept carries such a stigma that the danger…
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Power and Authority—Gleanings from Hannah Arendt
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What is power? Is it always negative? How does power differ from authority, a concept that seems to be closely related…
Of Power, Truth, and Language
Feature Articles
Power seems to be a trendy word these days—maybe ever since Michel Foucault’s contributions on this theme—but as a…
The Scientific Law of Power
Book Reviews
Every once in a while, there comes along an exception to G.W.F. Hegel’s dictum “The owl of Minerva begins its flight…
The Task of Parents
Re-Source: Classic Texts
According to the plan of God, marriage is the foundation of the wider community of the family, since the very…
What Obergefell Did Not, and Could Not, Do
Feature Articles
After the Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges that the Fourteenth Amendment requires state civil marriage…
The New Motherless Child and Our Old Constitution
Feature Articles
In the 1951 musical Royal Wedding, a woman challenges her boyfriend, “Didn’t your mother never teach you no manners?”…
The Totalitarian Family
Feature Articles
From courtrooms to medical clinics, from legislatures to school boards, we are witnessing an unprecedented assault on…
Two Cheers for Parental Rights
Feature Articles
As a response to the ideological state capture of schools and hospitals, conservatives have responded with calls for…
The Domestic: The Power That Moves the World
Feature Articles
When a newborn is laid in the arms of his mother, the sense of power and purpose she feels outstrips any other…