Public Discourse

The online journal of The Witherspoon Institute. R. J. Snell, Editor-in-Chief. @alex_e_davis, Managing Editor. @RyanTAnd, Founding Editor.

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Roger Scruton: Philosophical Christian and Scourge of Nihilism Par Excellence https://t.co/KUuAFWM8nF

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https://t.co/0MmXrSzKPQ We don’t know what unintended effects our well-laid plans may have, either abroad or at home, now or in the future. We do know the value of American lives, treasure, and reputation.

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The Seminar and the Recovery of Civil Discourse https://t.co/d3gc39rgtx

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https://t.co/DzLLjicjzD By re-energizing a state’s pro-life base and attracting enough swing voters to tip the scales, the movement can make real, even if “imperfect,” progress toward ending elective abortion in America.

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Hamilton, Jefferson, and the Fight for Power in America https://t.co/IG1pqhO2pf

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https://t.co/UTF4CNBMiy Even if one is not at risk of being personally affected by the environmental consequences of hyperscale data centers, the work they make possible is worth critical examination.

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https://t.co/E9t7nygCQC Our culture’s confusion creates opportunities for Christian witness; many people are realizing that something has gone very wrong with sex, gender, and relations between men and women. It is not enough to try to climb back up the slippery slope.

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https://t.co/LXE74IMn34 Although Jesus and Nietzsche are not the only thinkers who offer a vision of life, they represent two of the most intriguing pictures.

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https://t.co/VIivnP9Qa0 The cry for death is in reality a cry of desperation from the depressed and isolated.

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Gen Z and Men Who Yearn https://t.co/DnyPil8K2J

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https://t.co/x0VPllVnd0 Field’s account is eye-opening. At the same time, as a professed “liberal,” she exhibits elements of excessive partisanship that weaken her argument.

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Pessimism Abroad https://t.co/0MmXrSzKPQ

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https://t.co/mScZjCt9J1 While it may be in the left’s nature to look toward the future, it has not always had such a dim view of the past.

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Here I share on what my community (like so many other communities) are up against in reference to data centers, the corporations that are encouraging local officials to approve them and change zoning laws, and technocracy in general:

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https://t.co/c49gpHDdpu Is there anyone who thinks Catholics shouldn’t celebrate the 250th anniversary of our country’s founding in 1776? Anyone, that is, who believes that the Catholic faith and American patriotism are incompatible with each other?

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Imperfect Pro-Life Lawmaking in Post-Dobbs America https://t.co/DzLLjicjzD

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https://t.co/3DKqoAOU78 A civilization that can reach the stars but has forgotten why it wanted to in the first place is not a triumphant civilization. It is a lost one. It is a body without a soul. Is that really the kind of civilization we want to be?

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https://t.co/X9R6V1pYXD Perhaps most converts to Catholicism are normal, but intellectual converts tend to be weird.

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Against False Technological Necessity https://t.co/UTF4CNBMiy

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https://t.co/NEii83M6XK Games might just be one way to shake us free from the shackles of metrics and reclaim the human goods that deserve much more than a number.