Very grateful to receive Buckley Institute's Lux et Veritas Faculty Prize, which "honors faculty who go above and beyond to stimulate open discussion and debate in the classroom." Credit goes to my students, who have relished the vigorous exchange of ideas. buckleyinstitute.com/2024-lux-et-ve…

Boston Championships since the 2000 season in NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL 1. Boston - 13 2. Los Angeles - 10 It's good to be back

Here's my new article on Frederick Douglass's notion of the link b/w the common good and civil society. Many thanks to Randy Barnett and Georgetown Law's Center for the Constitution. #GJLPP law.georgetown.edu/public-policy-…

(1/2) Tying up some loose ends on my Burke project, here's a more thorough treatment of his attack on the French Revolution's paper money scheme + its link to revolutionary ideology. It was the 1st prominent rebuke of fiat money in Anglo-American history. link.springer.com/chapter/10.100…

(2/2) The chapter is in this just-released Palgrave Handbook series on the philosophy of money. Credit to Prof. Joseph Tinguely of the University of South Dakota for overseeing the project. link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

Apropos of Milton Friedman's (and my) birthday today, I am drafting an article for the upcoming Markets & Society on conservative political philosophers' guarded treatment of Adam Smith in the 20th century. Should conservative political thought embrace Smith?

I'll be delivering my Lux et Veritas Buckley Institute lecture in New Haven on Thursday, Sept. 12 at 4:30pm. Topics include expanding the terms of debate, presenting competing views in their best possible light, + learning from the Western canon. Join us here: buckleyinstitute.com/events/lux-et-…

Had a great time yesterday talking with high school students about the U.S. Constitution and constitutional law as part of Yale Moot Court's summer program. We discussed republicanism, democracy, + the unwritten constitution. Check out the group's work!: yalemootcourt.org

Strategically organizing my bobbleheads et al. in a new office before the start of the semester in an ever-so-subtle attempt to elevate Tom Brady to the level of Jefferson, Washington, Franklin, Douglass, Lincoln, and Adams.

Compelling new paper by Connor Ewing on the Federalist Papers.

Finishing a paper on the influence of Burke on Keynes and Hayek, and it’s the first (and hopefully only) time I use “non-homogeneous” in a sentence. I blame this guy.

Just in time for the new academic year, Oxford University Press Oxford Academic is offering one chapter of my book, Democracy Tamed, free to read for the next month. Feel free to read, download, and share. academic.oup.com/book/56160/cha…

Tell me I'm not the only New England Patriots fan who realized that Tim Walz went to the same alma mater as Danny Woodhead. Extra Bill Belichick bobblehead to the person who can guess the school.

Greg Collins To this day, it is the best conference paper over 77 pages I've ever read.

Outstanding Burke scholar and soon-to-be Buckley Institute awaredee Greg Collins reviews The Soul of Civility by Alexandra Hudson : modernagejournal.com/why-freedom-ne…

“Practically speaking, today, I think we’ve lost the ability to disagree in a firm but civil manner. And that is one quality I do try to promote in the classroom.” Greg Collins Pod & Man is back. Get the latest on the election and the breakdown of civil debate:

What does belching have to do with morals? Or, why freedom needs manners: my review of Alexandra Hudson's excellent new book The Soul of Civility: modernagejournal.com/why-freedom-ne… Modern Age

Somehow Miley Cyrus ended up in the current draft of my Buckley Institute Lux et Veritas lecture. Find out why next Thursday! Today is the last day to RSVP: buckleyinstitute.com/events/lux-et-…

Friday, September 6, 12 PM ET "July Fourth to Juneteenth: Black Engagement with America’s First Principles" with Greg Collins and James Stoner. tinyurl.com/23cuovv5

"Washington’s conception of human flourishing included but transcended the use of the hands." Presenting my paper on the Tocquevillian spirit of association in Washington's and Du Bois' thought at 12 noon today. Come join us! APSA Jack Miller Center