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Shaun Rieley

Shaun Rieley is a Visiting Fellow at Hillsdale College’s Van Andel Graduate School of Government in Washington, D.C., where he teaches courses on political philosophy and government. He was senior director for programs at The American Ideas Institute, which publishes The American Conservative. He holds a Ph.D. in political theory from The Catholic University of America, and an M.A. from St. John’s College, Annapolis, where he studied philosophy, political theory, and literature. As an undergraduate he studied political science at the University of Delaware. Shaun served as an enlisted infantryman in the Army National Guard for nine years, which included overseas tours in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. A native of Delaware, he lives in Hyattsville, Maryland, with his wife and two daughters.

The Latest

Quite a Character

Shaun Rieley June 12, 2023

A Foreign Policy Agenda for the 118th Congress

Shaun Rieley May 29, 2023

To Our Country and Our Dead

Shaun Rieley May 29, 2023

Ever Changing, Ever the Same

Shaun Rieley May 13, 2023

Progressively Mental

Shaun Rieley April 14, 2023 - 9:30 AM Eastern

Authority and ‘Authoritarianism’

Shaun Rieley April 5, 2023
The greatest need of the current moment is to recover the sources of genuine authority.

Home Ownership Still Matters

Shaun Rieley March 17, 2023 - 3:45 PM Eastern
Despite current trends, a strong middle class relies on the ownership of land.

Necessary Limits

Shaun Rieley March 1, 2023 - 6:45 PM Eastern
State of the Union: We must accept the limits of created nature.

More Recent Articles

Equity as a Conservative Principle

Shaun Rieley February 18, 2023

Constitutionalism in an Age Without Limits

Shaun Rieley January 21, 2023

From TAC’s Bookshelf: Consolation and Philosophy

Shaun Rieley December 30, 2022

The Gift of TAC

Shaun Rieley December 24, 2022

We Need Graveyards Still

Shaun Rieley January 21, 2022
Good urban planning must include a place for the community to encounter death, and to remember those who came before it.

Mr. Mehan’s Virtuous Little Animals

Shaun Rieley November 29, 2021
Conservatives need to be serious about art's role in shaping the moral imaginations of the young.

All Articles

Renaissance Options

Shaun Rieley August 9, 2021 - 5:00 PM Eastern
As James Hankins reminds us, cultural rebirth requires long labors and deep investment.

Drafting Our Daughters

Shaun Rieley July 29, 2021
In an egalitarian society, even supposed conservatives have forgotten how men and women are different.

The American Legion Calls for Ending the Forever War

Shaun Rieley April 16, 2021 - 12:20 PM Eastern
A major shift from the largest veterans' advocacy group in the country

Tucker Carlson Is Right About the Military

Shaun Rieley March 24, 2021
The Fox News host apparently understands the purpose of a democracy's armed forces better than the Department of Defense.

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