Darwinian Conservatism by Larry Arnhart

Traditionalist conservatives and classical liberals need Charles Darwin. They need him because a Darwinian science of human nature supports Burkean conservatives and Lockean liberals in their realist view of human imperfectibility, and in their commitment to ordered liberty as rooted in natural desires, cultural traditions, and prudential judgments. Arnhart's email address is larnhart1@niu.edu.

Saturday, January 24, 2026

America as the Anglo-Protestant Nation Is Unconstitutional

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Recently, I wrote a long essay criticizing Mark Brennan's article in Chronicles Magazine arguing that Gordon Wood was wrong to identify ...
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Friday, January 23, 2026

How Bird Brains Endow Corvids and Parrots with Primate-Like Intelligence

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                                                 Comparing the Brains of a Monkey and a Raven                                               ...
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

America as the Creedal Nation: A Response to Paul Gottfried

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A few days ago, I wrote a response to Mark Brennan's  essay  in Chronicles Magazine arguing that the idea of America as a "Creedal ...
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Monday, January 19, 2026

Do the Large Cetacean Brains Deny the "Human Advantage" in the Cerebral Cortex?

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                                                                                      Orcas I have  agreed with Suzana Herculano-Houzel...
Thursday, January 15, 2026

The History of America Makes It a Creedal Nation

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Now that we are in the 250th anniversary year of the Declaration of Independence, there is debate over the significance of that document.  F...
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Friday, January 09, 2026

"Absolute Immunity" for Trump's Paramilitary ICE Agents Murdering Americans

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    ICE Officer Jonathan Ross Murders 37-Year-Old Renee Good in Minneapolis Last August, I  predicted  that Trump could use the "absolu...
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