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"Thoughts on a Late Administration": Professor Arkes in The Catholic Thing

By The James Wilson Institute • Jan 14 2021

In his column for The Catholic Thing, Professor Arkes details the mixed legacy that President Trump and his administration will leave when he departs the White House on January 20th. There were certainly many victories for his…

“Ballast on the Ship of State: Statesmanship as Human Excellence” – Professor Daniel Mahoney in Modern Age

By The James Wilson Institute • Jan 12 2021

In an essay for Modern Age, Professor Daniel Mahoney of Assumption University demonstrates that true statesmanship consists in moral excellence and self-control. He argues against moral relativism, as well as the Machiavellian view of…

"Signs of Mind": Professor Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing

By The James Wilson Institute • Jan 11 2021

In his column for The Catholic Thing, Professor Arkes reflects on the various experiences that lead one to a realization of the existence of God. Universal truths, for example, and the argument from causality both suggest the presence of a…

Narnian Natural Law: JWI Affiliated Scholar Justin Dyer on The Babylon Bee Podcast

By The James Wilson Institute • Dec 22 2020

The Magical World of “Climate Change”: Prof. Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing

By The James Wilson Institute • Dec 16 2020

In his latest article for The Catholic Thing, JWI Founder and Director Prof. Hadley Arkes writes about the Left's obsession with climate change. Climate change gives the Left a "moral" code, a kind of pseudo-religion, without the reasoning…

PODCAST: 1619 Project and its Challenge to the American Founding--with Prof. Lucas Morel

By The James Wilson Institute • Dec 8 2020

Professor and renowned Lincoln scholar Lucas Morel, joined JWI deputy director Garrett Snedeker and intern Jovan Tripkovic to discuss his take on the New York Times 1619 project, identity politics, revisionist history on the American…

"Lincoln's House Divided and Ours": Justin Dyer in Starting Points

By The James Wilson Institute • Dec 7 2020

James Wilson Institute Affiliated scholar Justin Dyer published an article in Starting Points. This article was originally presented as remarks for a panel discussion on race, protests, and justice. In his article, Prof. Dyer analyzes…

"Electoral College Continues to Serve the National Interest": Michael Maibach in The Virginia-Pilot

By The James Wilson Institute • Dec 7 2020

Our own Managing Director and a Distinguished Fellow for Save Our States, Michael Maibach, co-authored an op-ed with Professor Patrick Garry, a professor at the University of South Dakota Law School. The authors address a bill before…

"‘What It Means to Be Human’ Review: Unchosen Obligations": Yuval Levin in The Wall Street Journal

By The James Wilson Institute • Dec 4 2020

Yuval Levin, a friend of the James Wilson Institute, wrote an excellent piece for the Wall Street Journal recently. In this article, titled Unchosen Obligations, Levin reviewed the book What it Means to be Human, authored by Prof. O.…

"Who’s Afraid of the Common Good?": Josh Hammer in The American Mind

By The James Wilson Institute • Dec 4 2020

JWI affiliated scholar and Newsweek opinion editor, Josh Hammer, published an article in The American Mind titled: Who's Afraid of the Common Good? This essay comes as a fiery response to C. Bradley Thompson's argument that America's…

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