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JWI Founder and Director Hadley Arkes writes on the passing of one of his dearest friends, JWI Senior Scholar Michael Uhlmann. We come to our friends today with heart-breaking news, on the death of our beloved Michael Uhlmann yesterday in California. In my own case, I’ve lost one of my dearest, closest friends, and the […] …
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In the days and weeks ahead, JWI will feature some remembrances of our dear friend Michael Uhlmann who passed away on October 8, 2019. We will update this page with remembrances as we receive them. Everyone’s been asked the hypothetical question: if you could share dinner with three people living or dead, who would they […] …
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In a review for the Claremont Review of Books, Prof. Michael M. Uhlmann, a James Wilson Institute Senior Scholar, analyzed the commentary of former White House Counsel Peter Wallison on the administrative state. Prof. Uhlmann traces the rise of the administrative state through the 20th century and the now growing critique of its policies. The […] …
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In a piece titled “Athens and Jerusalem, Rome and America” for The American Mind, Gunnar Gundersen responds to the argument of Patrick Deneen and others who claim that America is a Hobbesian experiment, made without Christian moral reasoning. Gundersen, a JWI Affiliated Scholar and Attorney, argues instead that the history of the United States shows […] …
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JWI Founder and Director Hadley Arkes addresses and challenges the arguments of David French in a essay titled, “David French Channels Monty Python: A Response from Hadley Arkes.” Posted in The American Mind, Prof. Arkes questions French on how far French would be willing to argue with real moral substance in the culture war. French […] …
