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Challenges Facing the Culture
R&L: What did you mean when you subtitled your 1989 book Against the Night, “Living in the New Dark Ages.” Have the last four years changed your views?Religion's Role in Public Life
R&L: Alexis de Tocqueville observed that religion is the first political institution in America, an observation you have said is even more true today than it was in the nineteenth century. Would you explain?Public Morality: The Jewish Contribution
R&L: There is a recognition by Jewish religious writers that wealth can undermine one’s spiritual well-being. In what way does this occur?Capitalism, Religion, and the Free Society
R&L: I understand that your political views have evolved as a result of your study of history.Freedom From Welfare Dependency
R&L: What are the differences between the genders as articulated in your book Men and Marriage and what impact does this have on the social order?The Free Market and Public Morality
R&L: What was it that caused you to have second thoughts about the role of the state in economic life and about the left-wing agenda of the 60’s of which you were so much a part?Religion, Man, and the State
R&L: Dozens of denominations and groups claim to be evangelical. Can you give us a definition of what the word means?Capitalism with Compassion
R&L: Do you see a potential contradiction between being a successful entrepreneur and a Christian believer?On liberty's moral superiority
R&L: Do you think the clergy’s view of the state as a means of solving the real problems minorities face has changed over the years?
The Time has Come to Reevaluate Strategy for Change
R&L: How valuable are mediating institutions to community life?Population Growth Benefits the Environment
- R&L: You have written extensively on the subject of population growth. Could you explain the thesis of your argument that population growth and density are beneficial for countries in the
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Michigan Welfare Reform has Long Since Begun
R&L: Many conservative leaders, including yourself, have referred to the “paradigm shift” that is occurring in the nation’s approach to welfare. What does that term mean to you?