Author Archives: Patrick J. Deneen

Community or Leviathan?

E.J. Dionne overlooks the ways in which centralized government undermines communities.

Who Closed the American Mind?

Allan Bloom was brilliant, but wrong about Burke and multiculturalism

Science of Tyranny

Eisenhower identified more than one threat to the republic. By Patrick J. …

When Red States Get Blue

What’s the matter with Connecticut?

Counterfeiting Conservatism

Are you sure you want a revolution?

Identity Crisis

In this past Sunday’s New York Times a story appeared noting that …

The End of Right Patriotism?

My Georgetown colleague Michael Kazin wrote recently of the re-ascendancy of Left-wing …

Against Authoritarianism, Rightly Understood

Damon Linker at TNR attacks Andrew Bacevich’s recent response to Sam Tanenhaus’s …

Protecting Work

In yesterday’s New York Times, the economist Gregory Mankiw trots out the standard case …

Full Faith and Bad Credit

Until about six months ago, George W. Bush’s presidency would have been …

How Bailey Park Ruined America

Ross Douthat has written a smart analysis of the way that the …

At Least There’s Food – For Now

Greetings – this is my first post on “American Conservative,” and I’m …