Russ GreeneOn The Benefits of Ordered LibertyThe following was part of my application for The New Whiggery Fellowship, at the Institute on Religion and Democracy. Like Friedrich Hayek…Jan 20, 2023Jan 20, 2023
Russ GreeneLiberalism’s Saving Grace: It Falls Short“The big question about politics, at least in the West, is still about the fate of liberalism.”Apr 21, 2022Apr 21, 2022
Russ GreeneBefore Virtue: Rescuing Aristotle from Aristotelians, Christianity from ChristiansIt has become increasingly common in the intellectual circles in which I sojourn to ask “what end, what purpose, does _____ serve?” What is…Apr 7, 2022Apr 7, 2022
Russ GreeneHarry Jaffa’s Socratic Assumption, And The Need for Persuasion, not PolemicsPage 65 alone repays the reader of Glenn Ellmers’ “The Soul of Politics.” There Ellmers quotes his subject’s Harry Jaffa late-in-life…Oct 9, 20211Oct 9, 20211
Russ GreeneAs the Scales Fall From Our Eyes: Hope During COVID-19The longest sustained declined in US life expectancy since the Spanish Flu. More than 2.8 million Americans died in a single year, the…Apr 18, 2020Apr 18, 2020
Russ GreeneWhy is U.S. Media Amplifying China’s COVID-19 Messaging?This week USA Today proclaimed, “This is what China did to beat coronavirus. Experts say America couldn’t handle it.” Set aside the…Apr 4, 2020Apr 4, 2020
Russ GreeneStop Having Dumb Debates about CrossFitLet’s get your objections out of the way. Yes, the author counts among the most prolific fitness debaters of the past decade. And yes…Oct 3, 20192Oct 3, 20192
Russ GreeneTaking a Stab at Beers’ “Fix”: Notes on CrossFit’s Whistler EventEmily Beers and I both attended CrossFit’s 10-year affiliate gathering in Whistler, Canada. We each drew different conclusions, however.Oct 1, 20193Oct 1, 20193
Russ GreeneIt’s Still Dark, Yet You Open Your DoorsTwo decades ago, a fitness trainer named Greg Glassman finally got his own space, in the back of a Santa Cruz jiu jitsu studio.Aug 22, 20191Aug 22, 20191