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Boot Camp for Citizens
A review of Teaching America by David Feith
The Wall Street Journal, Dec. 9, 2011
Gordon Wood's America
A review of The Idea of America: Reflections on the Birth of the United States, by Gordon Wood
Policy Review, Dec. 2011/Jan. 2012
God and Man at Yale Turns 60
Real Clear Politics, Nov. 5, 2011
A review of Political Evil: What It Is and How to Combat It, by Alan Wolfe
The Wall Street Journal, Nov. 4, 2011
The Importance of Being Experienced
Real Clear Politics, Oct. 21, 2011
Religion in America
A review of American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us, by Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell
Policy Review, Oct./Nov. 2011
The Myth of Conservative Purity
The Wall Street Journal, Sept. 7, 2011
College Rape Accusations and the Presumption of Male Guilt
The Wall Street Journal, Aug. 20, 2011
The Debt Deal and the Progressive Crack-Up
The Wall Street Journal, Aug. 6, 2011
The Gaza Flotilla and International Law
Policy Review, Aug./Sept. 2011
God and Man and Politics
A review of The City of Man: Religion and Politics in a New Era, by Michael Gerson and Peter Wehner
The Weekly Standard, July 4, 2011
Clarence Thomas, Plato and 'Grand Theft Auto'
The Wall Street Journal, July 1, 2011
Liberal Internationalism and Freedom
A review of Liberal Leviathan: The Origins, Crisis, and Transformation of the American World Order, by G. John Ikenberry
Policy Review, June/July 2011
Peace and the 'Right of Return'
Pajamasmedia.com, May 19, 2011
Our Elite Schools Have Abandoned Military History
The Wall Street Journal, Apr. 30, 2011
Upon Further Review . . .
The Weekly Standard, Apr. 18, 2011
Is Yale University Sexist?
The Wall Street Journal, Apr. 16, 2011
The Goldstone Mess
A review of The Goldstone Report: The Legacy of the Landmark Investigation of the Gaza Conflict, edited by Adam Horowitz, Lizzy Ratner and Philip Weiss
Policy Review, Apr./May. 2011
Truman, Reagan, and Bush Were Right
Pajamasmedia.com, Feb. 23, 2011
Contemplating Egypt at the Herzliya Conference
Pajamasmedia.com, Feb. 11, 2011
Criticizing Elites, Cultivating Excellence
Pajamasmedia.com, Feb. 10, 2011
Thinking About Torture
A review of Because It Is Wrong: Torture, Privacy, and Presidential Power in the Age of Terror, by Charles Fried and Gregory Fried
Policy Review, Feb./Mar. 2011
One State?
A review of What is a Palestinian State Worth? by Sari Nusseibeh
The Jewish Review of Books, Winter 2011
What Would a Return to the Constitution Entail?
Pajamasmedia.com, Jan. 7, 2011
2010
Obama and the State of Progressivism, 2011
Policy Review, Dec. 2010/Jan. 2011
The Thinker
A review of Reading Obama by James T. Kloppenberg
The Wall Street Journal, Nov. 5, 2010
E. J. Dionne Misunderstands the Tea Party
The Weekly Standard Online, Oct. 25, 2010
Why Liberals Don't Get the Tea Party Movement
The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 16, 2010
The Cheshire Cat Conservative
A review of Athwart History: Half a Century of Polemics, Animadversions, and Illuminations: A William F. Buckley Jr. Omnibus, edited by Linda Bridges and Roger Kimball
Policy Review, Oct./Nov. 2010
The Death of Conservatism Was Greatly Exaggerated
The Wall Street Journal, Aug. 28, 2010
The Goldstone Report and International Law
Policy Review, Aug./Sept. 2010
Conservatism and the Spirit of Reform
The Wall Street Journal, June 19, 2010
Understanding the Geneva Conventions
A review of Geneva Conventions by Gary D. Solis and Fred L. Borch
Policy Review, June/July 2010
A Contribution to "Obama, Israel & American Jews: The Challenge--A Symposium"
Commentary Magazine, June 2010
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The New Dogma of Fairness
in New Threats to Freedom, ed. Adam Bellow (Templeton Press, May 2010)
Harvard Law vs. Free Inquiry
The Weekly Standard, May 17, 2010