Saving the Republic ─ The Fate of Freedom in the Age of the Administrative State

America is embittered in ideological conflict, with the opposing partisan bulwarks of left and right widening a chasm that threatens the unity of our Republic. The tumult in Washington has radiated into our universities, homes, and relationships — from constitutional threats to free speech to a sprawling, unelected administrative state, America is at a tipping point.

Fortunately, Encounter Broadsides offer indispensable ammunition for intelligent debate on these critical issues of our time. With a staunch allegiance to the truth, these timely essays resurrect 18th century pamphleteering to take on everything from the failures of redistribution to the twisting of Title IX and the dangers of increasingly unchecked media bias. Saving the Republic, the second collection of Encounter Broadsides, is the necessary resource of critical thought and common sense on how to safeguard the promise of America.

Saving the Republic is edited by Roger Kimball with contributions from Jay Cost, Philip Hamburger, Mollie Hemingway, David B. Kopel, Greg Lukianoff, Andrew C. McCarthy, Jared Meyer, James Piereson, Claudia Rosett, Avik Roy, Robert L. Shibley, and Kevin D. Williamson. Together they make the definitive case for liberty and democratic capitalism at a time when they are under siege from the resurgence of a collectivist sentiment.

Roger Kimball is Editor and Publisher of The New Criterion and President and Publisher of Encounter Books. He is also an art critic for the London Spectator and National Review. His most recent book is The Fortunes of Permanence: Culture and Anarchy in an Age of Amnesia (St. Augustine’s Press, 2012).