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Temptations of Tyranny
Rod Dreher’s conflicted support for President Trump illustrates a broader crisis among intellectual conservatives who fear the "soft totalitarianism" of liberal institutions yet embrace the hard authoritarianism of executive overreach. Drawing on Hannah Arendt’s political thought, the essay contends that true freedom is preserved not through charismatic leaders but through the multiplication and decentralization of citizen power. Revitalizing democracy, it argues, requires stubborn, local acts of collective governance rather than the dangerous temptation to concentrate authority in a single figure.04-27-2025
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The Courage to Be: Whitney Dow
Rachel Braver, HAC Courage to Be student fellow, shares her thoughts on filmmaker Whitney Dow's visit for our spring 2018 "Courage to Be" Dinner and Lecture Series.05-17-2018
The Intellectual Dark Web
The Intellectual Dark Web, The New Tribalism, The Policemen of Cultural Appropriation, 1968, Racism and Oppression05-13-2018
The Courage to Be: Rev. Sylvia E. Sumter
Sacha Medjo-Akono, HAC Courage to Be student fellow, shares her thoughts on Reverend Sylvia Sumter's visit for our spring 2018 "Courage to Be" Dinner and Lecture Series.05-09-2018
Democratic Innovation
Democratic Innovation, Arendt and Marx, Our Ideological Moment, Re-opening the Closing of the American Mind, Violent vs. Non-Violent Anti-Fascism, How To Study, Interviewing the Last Slave05-06-2018
The Courage to Be: Doug Menuez
Isabella Santana, HAC Courage to Be student fellow, shares her thoughts on Doug Menuez's visit for our spring 2018 "Courage to Be" Dinner and Lecture Series.04-30-2018
The Spirit of 1968
The Spirit of 1968, The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, Terrifying Politics, The Deep State, The Spy In the Seminar Room, The Great Conversation, The Tendency to Turn Left04-29-2018
Echo Chambers and Motivated Reasoning
Echo Chambers and Motivated Reasoning, Against Anonymity, Character Assassination, The Need for Local Journalism, Dancing Without Chains04-22-2018
Why Arendt Today?
Why Arendt Today?, Thinking Without a Banister, The Victory of Image Making, Harpies, Combating Lies04-15-2018
The Decline of the Nation-State
The Decline of the Nation-State, A Failure of Training, Forgotten Voices, Poetry and Power04-08-2018