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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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David Bowie on Thinking and Creativity

David Bowie reflects on how judgment and negative thinking can stifle creativity in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.
01-12-2016
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Amor Mundi 1/10/16

In our Amor Mundi, we reflect on how life pressures us to remember some pasts over others, check in on the state of American rage, and much more!
01-10-2016
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Arendt, Social Change, and History

We appreciate the annotations Arendt made to her copy of Nisbet's "Social Change and History" in this week's Library feature.
01-07-2016
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Announcing the Winners of Our 2015 Student Opinion Contest!

Announcing the Winners of Our 2015 Student Opinion Contest!
01-06-2016
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Sir Joshua Reynolds on the Real Labor of Thinking

Sir Joshua Reynolds comments on the lengths to which a man will go to avoid the real labor of thinking in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.
01-05-2016
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The Delusion of the Omnipotence

It is worth analysing the different forms of violence and asking why and how they transgress various boundaries to approach omnipotence
01-03-2016
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Amor Mundi 1/3/16

In this week's Amor Mundi, we reflect on the rise of amateurism in politics, contemplate the complexity of the human brain, and much more!
01-03-2016
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Sherwood Anderson on a Human Being's Well of Thinking

Sherwood Anderson comments on the suppression of a human being's "deep well of thinking" in this week's Thoughts on Thinking.
12-29-2015
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Amor Mundi 12/27/15

In this week's Amor Mundi, we reflect on the true meaning of Christmas, explore the dangers inherent in unmasking, and much more!
12-27-2015
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