A story contains much more than any set of statements that can be made about it or extracted from it.
Wilfred M. McClay
The morale of a nation is ultimately a question of spirit rather than matter.
History might be better understood as a distinctive way of thinking and knowing.
Liberal education equips citizens in truth-seeking deliberation and responsible action rather than identity politics.
To achieve reform, it will not work simply to stuff in courses that come out of the English department’s current offerings and call it a day.
Every generation is born into a world it didn’t make, into a mess of which it was not the author.
Abstract principles cannot by themselves bind people together in any enduring way. That’s the problem with constitutional patriotism.
Wilfred M. McClay is Professor of History at Hillsdale College. He was formerly the G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty at the University of Oklahoma. His most recent book is Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story (Encounter, 2019).