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"‘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…

"Reason, Revelation and the American Regime": Prof. Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing

By The James Wilson Institute • Dec 3 2020

In the latest article for The Catholic Thing, JWI Founder and Director Prof. Hadley Arkes writes about the nature and roots of the American Regime. Professor Arkes points out that the moral roots of the American Founding are in both reason…

JWI Webinar with Michael Maibach: "The Electoral College & Our Nation of States"

By The James Wilson Institute • Dec 3 2020

On November 19, the James Wilson Institute hosted a webinar with Michael Maibach, an expert on the Electoral College. Michael Maibach is a Distinguished Fellow for Save Our States where he manages outreach to academics, policy…

"The Lincoln Proposal": Foster, Pecknold, and Craddock in Public Discourse

By The James Wilson Institute • Dec 1 2020

In this piece, Catherine Glenn Foster (James Wilson Fellow 2016), Chad Pecknold, and Josh Craddock (James Wilson Fellow 2019) explore a way in which a pro-life president could protect the right to life of prenatal persons through an…

"Counting Votes, Ignoring Science": Prof. Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing

By The James Wilson Institute • Nov 18 2020

In this piece, JWI Founder and Director Prof. Hadley Arkes touches upon the election debacle before turning his attention to former Vice President Joe Biden and his declaration that his administration will respect the claims of “science.”…

"Awakening from the Biden Dream": Prof. Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing

By The James Wilson Institute • Nov 4 2020

In this article, Prof. Arkes expresses his hope to “wake up” from the “dream” that Joe Biden may actually be elected President. He describes Biden as an empty vessel for the Democratic party, as well as a gift to the party that keeps on…

Does the Fourteenth Amendment Prohibit Abortion? A Webinar with Joshua Craddock

By The James Wilson Institute • Oct 26 2020

On October 20th, 2020, Joshua Craddock, JWI Fellow '19 and Affiliated Scholar, was featured as a speaker on a webinar hosted by the Federalist Society at the University of Virginia School of Law. The webinar centered on Mr. Craddock's…

"The 'Settled' Agony of the Hearings": Prof. Hadley Arkes in The Catholic Thing

By The James Wilson Institute • Oct 20 2020

In this piece, JWI Founder and Director, Prof. Hadley Arkes addresses the recent Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Amy Coney Barrett. He points out that there were not always hearing for Supreme Court nominees in the past and…

VIDEO: Natural Law and Originalism: In Concert or At Odds?

By The James Wilson Institute • Oct 19 2020

On October 16th, the American Enterprise Institute's Center on Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies, in partnership with the James Wilson Institute, hosted a public webinar with Peter Wallison, Senior Fellow at AEI. Wallison…

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