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As America approaches its 250th anniversary, questions about the purpose and future of education have never been more urgent. The Phoenix Principles offers a bold and unifying vision for how education can renew the American spirit and sustain a free and virtuous republic for generations to come.
Rooted in the timeless ideals of liberty, truth, virtue, and citizenship, this volume lays out a coherent framework for education policy and practice—one that affirms the central role of families, upholds the transmission of cultural heritage, cultivates virtue and citizenship, and champions academic excellence.
Jason Bedrick is a research fellow in the Center for Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation. Bedrick is the co-editor and co-author of two books, including Educational Freedom: Remembering Andrew Coulson, Debating His Ideas and Religious Liberty and Education: A Case Study of Yeshivas vs. New York.
James V. Shuls is the Head of the Education Liberty branch of the Institute for Governance and Civics at Florida State University.
In The Myth of Birthright Citizenship, Richard A. Epstein explains what the Constitution actually says about citizenship—and what it doesn’t.
Higher education is in crisis. To capture the full scope of the problem, The Heritage Foundation assembled college presidents, professors, and researchers from across the country to contribute their unique perspectives about the problems plaguing higher education and to offer solutions.
After the death of de Gaulle in 1970, France’s new leaders launched a quiet revolution. Under the guise of leading the country into a new age, they destroyed everything that made it great. This book pulls back the veil on their project, showing how they repudiated France’s culture, heritage, institutions, and her very people.
Based on 30 years of his award-winning teaching of writing, Dr. Gregory Roper shows how you can use the nearly-forgotten ancient technique of Stasis Theory to build better, cleaner, more persuasive prose.
Why Democracy Needs the Rich challenges the prevailing narrative that wealth undermines democracy, offering a bold, thought-provoking case for the essential role of the rich in sustaining and enhancing democratic institutions.
A Transcript of Charles Kesler’s Remarks at Encounter Books’ Annual Gala, October 23, 2025
Nathan Pinkoski is research fellow at the Institute of Philosophy, Technology, and Politics in Palo Alto. He is the translator of Alasdair MacIntyre: an Intellectual Biography (Alasdair MacIntyre: une biographie intellectuelle) (Notre Dame Press), an award-winning book by French political philosopher Émile Perreau-Saussine.
Éric Zemmour is the author of several bestsellers, including the original French edition of Suicide of the French. Zemmour ran for president in France in the 2022 election and founded the Reconquête party, which has become the fourth largest political force in the country.
Crisis of the Two Constitutions details how we got to and what is at stake in our increasingly divided America, as well as what we should strive to commemorate as the nation approaches its 250th birthday.
Though many have heralded Sullivan as a landmark ruling in defense of First Amendment freedoms, in No Liberty to Libel, Carson Holloway argues that the Supreme Court erred dangerously in its interpretation of the Constitution. Holloway contends that the Court should revisit and reject the Sullivan doctrine.
Carson Holloway is department chair and professor of political science at the University of Nebraska, Omaha and a Washington fellow in the Claremont Institute’s Center for the American Way of Life.
The Golden Thread, Volume II begins in 1500, when the Protestant Reformation brought an end of the Roman Catholic Church’s dominance over European states. It then turns to the rise of imperial powers that swiftly circled the globe, and to the explosion of intellectual, economic, and technological advancements sparked by the Enlightenment. In its closing chapters, The Golden Thread engages with the most significant questions facing the West today.