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The "Justice Club"

Some encouragement from Gary Haugen on the slow work of institution-building

46 mins ago •

May 2025

Tornadoes, Celebrations, and Alasdair MacIntyre

Further reflections on the importance of institutions

May 30 •

Higher Education's Public Image Problem

Some thoughts about changing culture, not just messaging

May 9 •

April 2025

An Evening Dialogue with Gary Haugen

The founder of the International Justice Mission is coming to St. Louis

Apr 18 •

Confident Pluralism Still Matters

President Trump's threats against Harvard should remind us that facilitating pluralism means funding pluralism

Apr 15 •

The Rule of Law Matters

Why I joined a letter about due process and the rule of law

Apr 7 •

Pluralism, Particularity, and Possibility

The inaugural Pluralism Lecture at Duke University

Apr 1 •

March 2025

WashU's Protest Report

Some reflections on the factual findings and policy recommendations

Mar 28 •

The New DEI: Diminishing, Erasing, and Ignoring

Our government is hard at work forgetting the history of Japanese Americans and many others

Mar 15 •

February 2025

Protests, Pardons, and Politics

Not every protest conviction is the same, and the differences matter

Feb 14 •

January 2025

The New Apostolic Reformation

The Christian political movement coalescing around Trump's second term differs in some meaningful ways from his religious backers eight years ago

Jan 17 •

November 2024

It's Not Too Late to Buy Learning To Disagree

My daughters endorse it!

Nov 22, 2024 •

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