Nationalism and Patriotism

Arthur Brooks at The Atlantic: Nationalists may identify as patriots, and some people opposed to both ideologies might argue that they are equivalent. For national and individual well-being, though, distinguishing between them is important. Following Tocqueville and...

John Warner: An Embodiment of Civility

From Washington and Lee University: John W. Warner III ’49, distinguished former U.S. senator and trustee emeritus of Washington and Lee, died May 26, 2021. He was 94. “Sen. Warner’s decades-long public service to his country and alma mater exemplifies the attributes...

Rebuilding Trust

From More in Common, Two Stories of Distrust in America: Interpersonal distrust stems from an uncertainty around someone’s motivations and predictability. The root of this uncertainty is the perception that the other person is different and does not share opinions,...

Civility, Civilization, Citizenship

Brad Miner at National Review: Civility, civilization, civic, civil — all these words have their root in the Latin civis, citizen. The grandest of these, civilization, which stands for the collective refinements of a society, means, in essence, “life in the city” —...