Historian
Presidential Character: The Virtues
Published in Religion & Liberty. 19 Sep. 2024
image in Public Domain
Republics Need the Liberal Arts
Published in Triquetra. 8 Mar. 2024
Rebuilding a Republican Army
Published in Law & Liberty and RealClearPolitics. 21 Nov. 2023
The Declaration of Independence Founded a Theistic Republic
Published in National Review and RealClearReligion. 19 Nov. 2023
A Saint for Veterans Day
Published in Law & Liberty. 11 Nov. 2022
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Weeping for the City: What Jesus and Psalm 122 Teach about Cities
Published in The Gospel Coalition. 10 Apr. 2022
Self-Love vs. Self-Government
Published in Law & Liberty. 22 Oct. 2021
My Fellow Afghanistan Vets, Your Service and Sacrifices Were Not in Vain
Published in Fox News. 26 Aug. 2021
The Diseases that Kill Republics: Insights from Ancient Rome’s Epidemics
Published in Front Porch Republic. 9 May 2020
The Reluctant Warrior: How Fabius Maximus Became Rome’s Greatest General by Avoiding Battle
Published in Military History Now. 29 Jan. 2020
Most Important Takeaway from Killing for the Republic
Published in JHU News. 10 Oct. 2019
What Ancient Rome and Greece Can Teach Us about the Modern American Military
Published in Time. 20 Sep. 2019
Why Knowing Roman History Is Key to Preserving America’s Future
Published in The Washington Post. 17 Sep. 2019
The Apolitical Antidote to Unjust Politics
Published in History News Network. 15 Sep. 2019
What happened to the American citizen-soldier?
Published in LitHub. 9 Sept. 2019
Why it’s time to bring back the citizen-soldiers who won World War II
Published in The Washington Post. 6 June 2019
Can Republican Virtue Serve Imperial Ends?
In Foreign Policy. 29 Jan. 2016
Fighting terrorism with our best asset—our citizens
Co-written by Paul Mueller. Published in The Hill. 30 Dec. 2015
San Bernardino Attack image in Public Domain
Answer to terror is tougher citizens, not tougher
government
Published in USA Today. 7 Dec. 2015
Kayla Mueller is not our Helen of Troy
Published in The Federalist. 25 Feb. 2015