Post Tagged 'Michael Oakeshott'

March 14, 2024

The Decline and Fall of Constitutional Law

People around the world are grossly misinformed about the nature and character of government. They do not understand the need for limits on government for it to remain a useful instrument and not a coercive one. Continue Reading...

October 22, 2013

How Conservatives Can Become Storytellers

“The plural of anecdote is not data”, claimed toxicologist Frank Kotsonis, in an attempt to correct sloppy thinking. While Kotsonis has provided a useful aphorism, it can obscure the equally interesting fact that the singular of data is anecdote. Continue Reading...

April 25, 2012

Samuel Gregg: Beyond Conservatism and Libertarianism

On Public Discourse, Acton Research Director Samuel Gregg addresses the “considerable fractures” that continue to divide conservative and libertarian positions on significant policy issues as well as on “deeper philosophical questions.” Continue Reading...