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.

Monday, June 30, 2025

Conservatives (Still) Need Charles Darwin. Responding to the Kirk Center's Conference on Russell Kirk and Roger Scruton

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Conservatives need Charles Darwin. That was the first sentence of my article in the November 2000 issue of First Things .  I argued that con...
Monday, June 23, 2025

The War with Iran and the Geopolitical Struggle between Liberalism and Illiberalism that Began 45 Years Ago (or 5,000 years ago?)

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The bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities by Israel and the U.S. raises at least two questions.  Will the bombing stop Iran from getting a n...
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Friday, June 20, 2025

Does the Skull of the "Dragon Man" Denisovan Support the Human Self-Domestication Hypothesis?

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  A Video on the "Dragon Man" Skull That Has Been Recently Identified by DNA Evidence as Denisovan Four years ago, I  wrote  about...
Thursday, June 19, 2025

"No Kings!" Is the Waa-Bark of America's Chimpanzee Politics of Resistance to Trump

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Last Saturday, we saw a massive display of chimpanzee political rhetoric.  Subordinate chimpanzees utter pant-grunts to signal their fear an...
Wednesday, June 18, 2025

June 14, 2025: The Day Donald Trump Lost the Consent of the People

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 As I have thought more about the "No Kings" protests on June 14, and what I saw in the Grand Rapids protest, the more I am inclin...
Sunday, June 15, 2025

Popular Lockeans at the "No Kings" Protests Against Trump

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  On February 19, 2025, this picture was posted on the official White House "X" account.  Trump had posted: "CONGESTION PRICI...
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Friday, June 06, 2025

How Leo Strauss Predicted the Nietzschean Nihilism of Trump's Intellectuals

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                                                                          Leo Strauss Francis Fukuyama has  published  an essay for Persuasi...
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Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Smuggling as a Natural Right to Evade Trump's Tariffs

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THE NATURAL RIGHT TO FREE TRADE--AND TO SMUGGLING I have argued  that the desire for trade--or what  Adam Smith  called "the propensity...
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