Michael Knox Beran [14 titles]

1. Parsing the Lexicon
   The Department of Homeland Security ignores the real causes of hatred.
   Summer 2009
2. Lincoln and the Moral Imagination
   Our 16th president, neither a Bismarck nor a Darwin
   11 February 2009
3. Dukedom Large Enough
   What Jefferson’s library reveals about America’s best-known bookworm
   9 January 2009
4. Obama, Shaman
   The candidate’s post-masculine charisma tempts America in the age of Oprah.
   Summer 2008
5. Mastery, Not Drift
   William F. Buckley’s final book is faithful to his earliest inspirations.
   23 May 2008
6. Hearts of Darkness
   Trendy paternalism is keeping Africa in chains.
   Winter 2008
7. Appetite for Destruction
   Peter Gay’s history of modernism
   30 November 2007
8. How Lincoln Saved the World
   Only a free America could have fought for global freedom.
   23 October 2007
9. Clarence Thomas, Created Equal
   Liberal elites use the stigma of affirmative action to belittle a great justice.
   2 October 2007
10. Was Liberalism’s Philosopher-in-Chief a Conservative?
    Sir Isaiah (pronounced aye-ZYE-ah) Berlin, who died in 1997 at 88, was one of the last century's notable talkers.
    Winter 2006
11. In Defense of Memorization
    Progressive educators call it “drill and kill,” but learning poetry by heart empowers kids.
    Summer 2004
12. Self-Reliance vs. Self-Esteem
    Schools once embraced Emerson’s ideal of self-reliance, but modern educators have turned that core American virtue upside down.
    Winter 2004
13. Conservative Compassion Vs. Liberal Pity
    Compassionate conservatism works because it addresses people as individuals rather than as faceless units in a throng.
    Summer 2003
14. Behind Jefferson’s Wall
    This Founding Father didn’t mean what the opponents of religion say he did.
    Spring 2003