193 pp. published by Alfred A. Knopf editor In recent decades, American public discourse has become hollow and shrill. Instead of morally robust debates about the common good, we have shouting matches on talk radio and cable television, and partisan food fights in Congress. People argue past one another, without really listening or seeking to persuade. This condition has diminished the public’s regard […]

“The twofold level of social organization, political and economic, presupposes another no less essential one, which is the construction of a new civil conscience, the only one that can lead to true liberation from the adversities that afflict our culture. It is necessary to educate and educate oneself in constant vigilance on oneself and on the context in which one lives, increasing […]