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Only Power Can Check Power
Hannah Arendt saw America’s strength in its dispersion of power, rooted in civic engagement and local governance. As executive authority expands, the true challenge is not just legal resistance but the reinvigoration of collective action. Can we reclaim the founding spirit of self-governance, or will we cede our power to those who seek to consolidate it? 02-02-2025
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The Two American Constitutional Freedoms
Roger Berkowitz revisits Robert Pranger's essay "The Decline of the American National Government" and in so doing identifies the importance of upholding a proper role for government, both local and national.08-09-2014
Video Archives - Roger Berkowitz L&T Lecture (2010)
In this week's Video Archives, we take a look back at a lecture Roger Berkowitz delivered back in 2010 on the importance of humanity.08-07-2014
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, on Thinking
French writer and moralist Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, provides this week's Thought on Thinking.08-06-2014
The Demand for “Beginning” in the Face of the Unprecedented
HAC Associate Fellow Jeff Jurgens explains Arendt's view that judges need to be equipped to make decisions beyond the scope of legal precedent, such as in cases of genocide. He then explains how this view informed her support for the creation of an international criminal court.08-04-2014
Amor Mundi 8/3/14
In this week's Amor Mundi, we reflect on conservatism in the contemporary political environment, wonder whether liberal Zionism has exhausted its options, and wonder about a "crisis in culture" as evident in creative writing.08-04-2014
The Radical As the Vanguard of the Status Quo
Roger Berkowitz argues that one-sided perspectives of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict serve to only perpetuate the violence. He then observes how leaders and discussions that shy away from radicalism could begin to forge a middle ground.08-02-2014
Our 100/10 Membership Challenge Ends Tomorrow!
Roger Berkowitz addresses the HAC community as part of the 100/10 membership challenge, which ends Friday, August 1st.07-31-2014
Video Archives - Lunchtime Talk with Douglas Irvin (2012)
This week, we take a look back at a 2012 Lunchtime Talk with Douglas Irvin on the origins of genocide.07-31-2014
Wittgenstein on Thinking
Ludwig Wittgenstein provides this week's Thoughts on Thinking.07-30-2014