Essays

Rediscovering Pluralism

Illiberalism Studies Program, George Washington University; March 30 2023

Keeping the Republic

The Vital Center; Fall 2023. 

What Happened to Duty

Providence; February 7th 2024. 

Conserving the New Deal

The American Conservative; October 12th, 2023. 

When Democrats Liked Limited Government

American Habits; February 1st 2024.   

The Methods of Moynihan

Persuasion; May 31st, 2023

Slouching Towards Technocracy

Providence Magazine; September 27th, 2023. 

Conservatism’sThird Path

Persuasion; January 11th, 2024.  

Recovering Virtue Means Recovering Self Government

Law and Liberty; April 25th, 2023

Conservatism’s Humanist Road Not Taken

The American Conservative; August 10th, 2023. 

Daniel Patrick Moynihan: Warrior of the Liberal Center

Engelsberg Ideas; January 8th, 2024.  

Henry Clay and the Problem of Politics

Providence; April 9th 2024. 

Franklin Roosevelt and the Heart of Liberalism

Providence Magazine; Aug 18, 2022

Resuscitating Old Fashioned Social Liberalism

Providence Magazine; Jan 4 2023

Opinion Editorials

What “Rich Men North of Richmond” Gets Right

The Dispatch; August 19th, 2023. 

Why Democrats Need Course Correction In Kentucky

Louisville Courier-Journal; Aug 3, 2022

Keeping Politics Local

American Habits; December 21st. 2023. 
Disraeli and the Conservative Response to Change 
American Daily Press; January 2nd, 2024. 

School Districts Are One of the Last Havens of Local Democracy

Louisville Courier-Journal, July 6th 2023

Kentucky’s Extreme Politics Excludes Centrist Voters

Louisville Courier-Journal, July 6th 2023

Replies

In Defense of Nice Politics

Law and Liberty; June 7th, 2023. 

Conservatism, National or Constitutional?

Law and Liberty; July 14, 2022 

Old Mistakes From The New Right

Law and Liberty; September 27th 2023. 

Blog Posts

Education As The Root of Freedom

The Constitutionalist; July 25 2022 

American Burke

Common Sense Society; August 9th, 2023. 

John Quincy Adams and The Constitution of Virtue

The Constitutionalist; Feb 23, 2022

What is a Progressive Conservative?

Common Sense Society; June 2nd, 2023

Moynihan’s Warning

Common Sense Society; July 20th, 2023

Book Reviews

In Defense of Cold War Liberalism

Providence Magazine; October 4th 2023. 

Recalibrating Liberalsim

American Purpose; July 6th 2023