Posts by Patrick Garry
September 24, 2025
Debates about Charlie Kirk’s work and legacy inevitably involve the issue of free speech. Both supporters and opponents of Kirk would probably agree that he devoted his life to bringing conservative ideas into institutions that had been relatively isolated from or hostile to such ideas.
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July 04, 2025
The words are engrained in our national consciousness: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are … endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
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April 29, 2025
Shortly after President Trump’s inauguration, a controversy erupted between the administration and the federal judiciary revolving around the use of universal injunctions issued by federal judges to halt presidential policies and practices nationwide.
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November 15, 2024
John M. Ellis’
A Short History of Relations Between Peoples: How the World Began to Move Beyond Tribalism is an important book. It defends the values and history of Western civilization underlying the political and economic systems that have produced the prosperous and multifaceted world Westerners currently enjoy.
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September 17, 2024
Historical comparisons rarely offer definitive guides to the present. Such juxtapositions, however, can reveal ways in which conditions from the past persist into the present, thus providing a reminder of the consistency of history.
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July 04, 2023
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.”
—Cicero,
Pro Plancio, 54 B.C.
Whenever I act out of anger or fear, I make mistakes—sometimes serious mistakes.
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