Biography
Thomas Howes has a PhD in Philosophy from the Catholic University of America and is a member of the James Madison Society at Princeton. Along with James M. Patterson, he has a contract with the Acton Institute to write a book titled Why Postliberalism Failed.
Awards
Josh Blackman holds the Centennial Chair of Constitutional Law at South Texas College of Law and is an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute. He has authored three books, and his latest, An Introduction to Constitutional Law, was a top five bestseller on Amazon. He is a contributing editor to Civitas Outlook.
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The Philosophy of Jacques Maritain — A Long-Awaited Introduction
Civitas Conversations: Statesmanship and Our Flailing Country
Spencer Cox Provides the Statesmanship America Needs
MacIntyre’s Post-Postliberal Godchildren