One way to sum up postwar American politics is to say that conservatives try to stop liberals from breaking the liberals’ own rules. The “rules” in this formulation are those of liberalism in the ...

James B. Rose is the spokesperson for the late Mary-Elaine Swanson, who authored John Locke: Philosopher of American Liberty. A forerunner in the field of American Christian Education, Rose is also an ...

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Modern life brings constant worry. Philosopher John Locke reminds us that what worries us, masters us. True strength lies in ...

Virginia Allen is a senior news producer for The Daily Signal and host of "The Daily Signal Podcast" and "Problematic Women." Send an email to Virginia. Arguably no philosopher had a greater influence ...

The ability to lift oneself up by their own bootstraps has long been celebrated in the United States. This admiration of self-reliance derives from the 17th-century English philosopher John Locke, who ...

Etienne Balibar is Anniversary Chair in Modern European Philosophy at Kingston University and emeritus professor of moral and political philosophy at the University of Paris 10 Nanterre.

Among the enduring riddles of American exceptionalism is the absence in the political mainstream of an overtly socialist party. Whereas in Europe socialist and social democratic parties emerged to ...