The Collection
A Diagnosis The Separation What becomes of a republic when its institutions abandon their own purpose The Oath and the Door On what a republic asks of those who come to it, and what it must offer in return The Transmission On the duty a republic owes its young, and the catastrophe of forgetting what must be taught The Solitude of Free Men On what a republic loses when its citizens no longer belong to anything between themselves and the state The Covenant of Stakes On the bargain a republic makes with its citizens, and what becomes of a nation when it breaks
The Altar and the Throne On whether a faith that commands the state can coexist with a state that commands nothing The Ground Beneath the Argument On what becomes of a republic when its citizens can no longer agree on what is real The Burden of Free People On the weight of leading the free world—and what happens when we set it down A Letter to the Republic at 250 On whether a nation conceived in argument can survive its fear of arguing