Why can't our opponents be reasonable? In his new book, “The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion,” social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of morality in our rapid and automatic moral intuitions.

In Freedom's Forge, bestselling author Arthur Herman takes us back to that time, revealing how two extraordinary American businessmen-automobile magnate William Knudsen and shipbuilder Henry J. Kaiser-helped corral, cajole, and inspire business leaders across the country to mobilize the "arsenal of democracy" that propelled the Allies to victory in World War II.

It is a tribute to a polity dedicated to securing our rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness that we can enjoy our freedoms while taking them for granted, giving little thought to what makes them possible. But this inattention comes at a heavy price, paid in increased civic ignorance and decreased national attachment--both dangerous for a self-governing people.

Representative Paul Ryan presented a comprehensive reform plan, "A Roadmap for America's Future," aimed at reclaiming the promise and prosperity of our exceptional nation.

The economic events surrounding the Global Financial Crisis have raised several significant questions. Is capitalism flawed? Does a free enterprise system engender the vices of selfishness and greed? As government decision makers stand ready to replace private citizens and free markets as the drivers of the economy, Americans must decide...

Freedom depends upon a skepticism that rightly shuns making judgments about what is best for individuals, but that also avoids the relativistic traps that all judgments about our political institutions have equal worth.

This bookbrings together Novak's essays on "moral ecology": the ethos that must be cultivated and preserved if liberal democratic societies are to survive.

In his new book, Paul A. Rahe explores the subtle dangers of "soft despotism" in democracies.