EPPC Briefly: Hobby Lobby Victory for Religious Liberty

Murphy’s Law

EPPC President Ed Whelan, reviewing a new biography of Justice Scalia, discovers that it delivers “a cartoonish and incompetent account” of how Scalia’s political views and religious faith supposedly influence his decisionmaking.

When is a Scandal Not a Scandal?

EPPC Senior Fellow Mona Charen excoriates the Obama administration for “contempt of country” in thwarting the ongoing investigation of IRS targeting of conservative groups.

Why Iraq is a Write-Off

EPPC Senior Fellow Roger Scruton argues that Sunni Muslims have a faith identity that is “incompatible with secular law and national boundaries” and that Iraq and Syria have therefore been “places of constant conflict.”

An Open Letter to the Patriarch of Moscow

Addressing the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel urges him to reconsider comments that “have inflicted new wounds on the Body of Christ while exacerbating tensions in world politics.”

Here Are Good Ways to Replace Obamacare, Not Simply Repeal It

EPPC Senior Fellow James C. Capretta explores what a credible replacement for Obamacare would entail and makes the case that Obamacare’s unpopularity “is providing opponents of the law with a not-to-be missed opportunity.”

Growing Pains

EPPC Hertog Fellow Yuval Levin and co-author Ramesh Ponnuru, two of the authors of a new book of conservative policy reform proposals, respond to prominent critics including David Brooks and Paul Krugman of the New York Times.

2014 Bradley Symposium Video and Audio Now Available

On June 18, EPPC was pleased to co-host this year’s Bradley Symposium in Washington, D.C., an event exploring the broad trends that will shape America’s future. To access the complete audio and video recordings of the 2014 Bradley Symposium, including remarks by EPPC Hertog Fellow Yuval Levin and featuring EPPC Senior Fellow Henry Olsen, click here.

New Book: Why Place Matters: Geography, Identity, and Civic Life in Modern America

This new volume from EPPC’s journal The New Atlantis seeks to discover how, given American economic and social life as it now exists — and not as those things can be imagined to be in some utopian scheme — we can find means of fostering a richer and more sustaining way of life. The book is an anthology of essays exploring the contemporary problems of place and placelessness in American society.

2014 Summer Movie Series: Middle America and the Movies

This summer, join EPPC Resident Scholar, and American Spectator movie critic, James Bowman for a series of movies set in the rural and small towns of America’s Midwest. This eighth annual series is presented by EPPC and the Hudson Institute. For more details, click here.