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WHILE the fall of the Berlin wall and collapse of the Soviet Union have relegated George Orwell's 1984 to history's dustbin, the other great dystopian tract of the twentieth century, [...]

The concept of liberal community which espouses an increase in individual responsibility could dissipate the major problems of American society such as economic anxiety and the disintegration of social institutions. Moreover, it promotes solidarity without sacrificing individual rights., What is 'public philosophy'? To begin, public philosophy should be understood in contradistinction to the classical conception of a 'universal' or 'perennial' philosophy that is addressed to all human beings [...]

In 1996, President Bill Clinton proclaimed that the era of big government was over. It is now clear that the era of the end of big government is over. The [...]

Alan Wolfe has long been one of America's ablest sociologists. With his latest book, he emerges as one of our most important public intellectuals as well. In two years spent [...]

As concerns about the economy have faded in 1996, crime has emerged as one of the dominant political issues. To some, this may seem puzzling. After years of partisan wrangling, [...]

As concerns about the economy have faded in 1996, crime has emerged as one of the dominant political issues. To some, this may seem puzzling. After years of partisan wrangling, [...]

WILLIAM A. GALSTON In From Parchment to Power,(*) the eminent constitutional scholar Robert Goldwin has given us the first full narrative of the creation and adoption of the Bill of [...]

With the collapse of communism, and of confidence in command economies, a century-long debate has ended. Markets are now regarded, almost universally, as the principal source of the wealth of [...]

What can government do, if anything, to make sure that the overwhelming majority of American children grow up with a mother and father?' Policy Review asked a number of family [...]

James and Janne Hayes were married in 1941 as 19-year-old college students. They had four children. With one brief exception, Janne Hayes never worked outside the home. After 25 years [...]

DURING the past generation, there has been a dramatic expansion of legalized gambling. Beginning with New Hampshire in 1964, 37 states and the District of Columbia have instituted lotteries. As [...]

America is entering a great age of social entrepreneurship, rivaling the private organizational creativity of 100 years ago. The mid- to-late 19th and early 20th centuries saw the creation of [...]

THE CASE FOR DEMOCRACY: THE POWER OF FREEDOM TO OVERCOME TYRANNY AND TERROR BY NATAN SHARANSKY WITH RON DERMER PublicAffairs, 336 pages, $26.95 THE DEMOCRACY ADVANTAGE: HOW DEMOCRACIES PROMOTE PROSPERITY [...]

One of the most remarkable recent events in American religious life has been the formation of what I call a 'traditionalist entente' linking theologically conservative or orthodox believers across ancient [...]

The well-being of our nation's children is a prime responsibility of parents. Too many parents, however, are failing to discharge this responsibility because our society -- principally through public policies [...]

The liberal/conservative duality o our political system and process for too long has stalled constructive debate of meaningful social and systemic reform. By combining progressive thinking with traditional values of [...]

ON JUNE 1 AT WEST POINT, PRESIDENT GEORGE W. Bush set forth a new doctrine for U.S. security policy. The successful strategies of the Cold War era, he declared, are [...]