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  • ‘White People’ is a Surprisingly Modern Term

    ‘White People’ is a Surprisingly Modern Term0

    The Jacobean playwright Thomas Middleton invented the concept of ‘white people’ on 29 October 1613, the date that his play The Triumphs of Truth was first performed. The phrase was first uttered by the character of an African king who looks out upon an English audience and declares: ‘I see amazement set upon the faces/Of

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  • Walker Percy’s Theory on the Redemptive Power of Hurricanes

    Walker Percy’s Theory on the Redemptive Power of Hurricanes0

    The idea that hurricanes can be anything other than destructive might sound strange to many people. And the idea that they can be a source of redemption and healing probably sounds downright absurd. But the novelist Walker Percy (1916-1990) believed just that. To Percy, a writer and philosopher from Louisiana, modern man’s great struggle was

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  • Will America Be Better Off Without Religion?

    Will America Be Better Off Without Religion?0

    The Enlightenment dream was of a West united by the secular ideals of freedom and equality, rather than by traditional Christianity. Apparently, that dream is finally becoming more of a reality. According to a poll released by the Pew Foundation last week, a “rapidly rising” segment of U.S. adults now identify as “spiritual but not

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  • Why Chesterton Matters More Than Ever

    Why Chesterton Matters More Than Ever0

    As fall approaches and students head off to college, can hitting the books be far behind?  Maybe the attack is already underway, as incoming freshmen finally turn to that summer reading assigned by colleges at the time of their acceptance.  But for all students there are syllabi to be read, books to be purchased—and perhaps

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  • The Myth That Climate Change Created Harvey, Irma

    The Myth That Climate Change Created Harvey, Irma0

    Flooding in homes and businesses across Houston was still on the rise when Politico ran a provocative article, titled “Harvey Is What Climate Change Looks Like.” Politico was not alone, as another news outlet called the one-two punch of Harvey and Irma the potential “new normal.” Brad Johnson, executive director of the advocacy group Climate

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  • Is it Time for Conservatives to Create an Alternate Culture?

    Is it Time for Conservatives to Create an Alternate Culture?0

    The culture leans sharply left, and in our current, highly-polarized political climate that means conservatives in the arts tend to be treated as outsiders at best and pariahs at worst. Listen to the personal experiences of conservatives in Hollywood, for example, whether “above the line” (the stars, producers and directors) or below it (the rest

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  • The Power of Making Friends with Ideological Enemies

    The Power of Making Friends with Ideological Enemies0

    “How can people hate me, when they don’t even know me?” This is the question that drives the subject of a fantastic new documentary on Netflix called “Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race, and America,” directed by Matt Ornstein. For the past 30 years, soul musician Daryl Davis has been traveling the country in search of

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  • Real Progressives Study the Classics

    Real Progressives Study the Classics0

    Classical education has a marketing problem. Across the nation, schools that use a classical curriculum—one that emphasizes traditional methods of teaching the basics and a knowledge of ancient literature—are producing remarkably well-educated students. (For an example of a classical curriculum, check out this school near the Intellectual Takeout offices.)   Yet, at the same time,

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  • Living in Tension as a Libertarian Christian

    Living in Tension as a Libertarian Christian0

    A “libertarian Christian” might seem like an oxymoron to some Christians. For Albert Mohler, the president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, you cannot be both a faithful Christian and a libertarian. For him, libertarianism is defined only by exaltation of the ego, freedom from all moral restraints, and secular humanism—ideals that are hardly in line

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