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  • Tocqueville’s ‘Self-Interest Rightly Understood’: The Profound Value of Compassion in the West

    Tocqueville’s ‘Self-Interest Rightly Understood’: The Profound Value of Compassion in the West6

    In Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville writes compellingly about how religion in the U.S. turns us away from narrow self-interest to what he calls “self-interest rightly understood.” While the former is entirely selfish, in the latter we recognize how our interests are necessarily intertwined with the interests of others. When we act, we accept

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  • Tocqueville: Love of Equality Leads to Hatred

    Tocqueville: Love of Equality Leads to Hatred0

    It’s said that some of the fiercest fights in academia are over the narrowest of differences. It seems that Alexis de Tocqueville saw the same problem developing within democracy as the quest for equality grew. A French aristocrat, he came to America in the early 1800s and studied it extensively, composing his reflections in Democracy

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  • Tocqueville: How Individualism is a Sign of Equality

    Tocqueville: How Individualism is a Sign of Equality0

    When it comes to an emphasis on the individual, Americans lead the pack. That’s according to a Pew Research report which compared American and European sentiments on various democratic principles. Interestingly, Alexis de Tocqueville described this same tendency toward individualism nearly 200 years ago in his work Democracy in America. Individualism, Tocqueville observed, is a

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  • Tocqueville Sure Pegged the 2016 Election Right…

    Tocqueville Sure Pegged the 2016 Election Right…0

    If anyone doubted that the 2016 election is generating high amounts of interest, one look at primary turnout thus far will put those doubts to rest. According to Pew Research, primary participation seems headed for an overall high not seen for years. Such turnout seems like a good thing, particularly as many have mourned the

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  • To Whose Good? Our Schools and the Sexualization of the Young

    To Whose Good? Our Schools and the Sexualization of the Young0

    In “Sexualization, Pornography, and Grooming in the Schools,” Amy Contrada reports on the introduction of “comprehensive sex education (CSE) into our schools. After reading her article and following some of the links, which contain graphic content, the word that first came to mind was YUCK! (Other words popped into the brain pan as well, but it’s best

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  • To Whom Do Our Children Belong?

    To Whom Do Our Children Belong?2

    “Teachers know what is best for their kids,” tweeted Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, “because they are with them every day. We must trust teachers.” In his article “‘These Are Our Kids, They Belong to All of Us’: Three Times the Left Trampled on Parental Authority This Past Week Alone,” Tim Meads looks at this

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