“Conservatives do not think that if you go in and overthrow a tyrannical government, that the necessary and swift result will be the creation of a free government.” Daniel McCarthy in our latest podcast episode: modernagejournal.com/the-roots-of-d…

“Friendship” is a film about a folly Robert Nisbet and the Replacements diagnosed. Read Jack Hunter’s review here: modernagejournal.com/the-misplaced-…

Russell Kirk, Robert Nisbet, and Richard Weaver saw something deeper than policy failure in the modern embrace of total war. They saw a moral collapse—where ends justified any means. Is it possible to recover a foreign policy shaped by virtue, chivalry, and the Christian Just

Neocons want you to believe their foreign policy is the only conservative FP. Not so. Remotely. Excellent breakdown of modern American foreign policy and where different factions of conservatives came down on our wars Daniel McCarthy⁩ Modern Age⁩ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mod…

Happy 95th birthday to Thomas Sowell! In celebration, I wrote about some of the important lessons I have learned from Sowell—lessons I think we all would be wise to understand. Many thanks to Modern Age for running the piece. modernagejournal.com/celebrating-th…

Here’s why conservatives are skeptical of regime change in Iran, says our editor Daniel McCarthy: modernagejournal.com/the-roots-of-d…

Thomas Sowell turns 95 today. Josh Parcha reflects on some of his most enduring lessons—about knowledge, justice, and the danger of certainty: modernagejournal.com/celebrating-th…

The genius of the Declaration of Independence? It points beyond itself—to philosophy, to tradition, and to the limits of politics. James Stoner reflects on what the Founders really gave us: modernagejournal.com/is-there-a-pol…

Does war weaken the country that wages it? Justus D. Doenecke on isolationism: modernagejournal.com/isolationism/2…

“Is there a political philosophy in the Declaration of Independence?” James Stoner explores the meaning—and the limits—of the Declaration’s “self-evident truths” and why they still matter: modernagejournal.com/is-there-a-pol…

This day in 1863 was one of the most brutal days of battle in the Civil War. From Francis P. Sempa: modernagejournal.com/gettysburgs-te…

Tom Cruise takes on AI in the latest “Mission: Impossible” film. Read Peter Keepman’s review here: modernagejournal.com/a-final-reckon…

“A test of courage.” Both armies met it. Francis P. Sempa on the second day at Gettysburg: modernagejournal.com/gettysburgs-te…

“Too many Americans have been taught an oversimplified version of the philosophy of the Declaration of Independence.” Our editor Daniel McCarthy on the true significance of the Declaration: modernagejournal.com/resisting-the-…

What does it mean for the Declaration of Independence’s “truths” to be “self-evident”? James Stoner on our country’s founding philosophy: modernagejournal.com/is-there-a-pol…

The Founders didn’t believe in rights handed down by global bureaucrats. They believed in rights secured by a nation, forged through shared tradition, and defended by its own citizens. Our editor Daniel McCarthy on the need to rediscover the philosophy of the Declaration of

This Fourth of July, we celebrate the Declaration of Independence. We also remember that freedom demands vigilance, says Daniel McCarthy: modernagejournal.com/resisting-the-…

“One of the most influential thinkers of the eighteenth century” —John Callanan in his latest biography on Bernard Mandeville. Read Alan Pell Crawford’s review here: modernagejournal.com/mandevilles-vi…

Thomas Sowell’s work shows that wisdom lies in not just having knowledge but recognizing its limits. From Josh Parcha: modernagejournal.com/celebrating-th…

What if its vice, not virtue, that holds society together? Bernard Mandeville made that case in “Fable of the Bees”—and shaped modern thought in the process. Alan Pell Crawford reviews his latest biography, by John Callanan: modernagejournal.com/mandevilles-vi…