Dan Hugger
@DanHugger
Librarian & Research Associate @ActonInstitute
I wrote about the lack of administrative support for the liberal arts in @nytimes. The standard story we hear is that students don't want it. But a darker reality is that even when it wins big with students and donors it loses with those in power. nytimes.com/2025/07/17/opi…
Paul Elmer More's final words--moments before his death. "And so I sit and wait, in patience and serenity—for the end which is no end. I turn over in my mind the various possibilities of the long journey, amusing myself with fancies that I trust are not purely fanciful. Only of…
"Ruling is not just about solving a problem." It involves real people and thus requires personalism. Very enjoyable conversation here between @DanHugger and @kvallier for @ActonInstitute
Great article, important work.
This piece is my first pass at the ideas in my next book, which will develop a 21st-century form of fusionism (conservative liberalism).
"If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change."
Sicily prep!
🔥New episode dropped. Liberty and virtue aren't enemies—they’re essential allies. @kvallier joined the Acton Line podcast to explain why the Right must return to this core truth. Check it. ⬇️ acton.org/audio/kevin-va…
This piece is my first pass at the ideas in my next book, which will develop a 21st-century form of fusionism (conservative liberalism).
acton.is/4m6dlEy The Fusionist Manifesto via @kvallier
Amazing to sit down with @kvallier and think through arguments for fusionism. Which arguments are old and tired? The latest and greatest? Watch and listen to the newest episode of @ActonInstitute 's podcast to find out! youtu.be/0EyByUXdKaM?si…
This evening, 56 years after the Apollo 11 moon landing, I spoke with the astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Together we shared the memory of a historic feat, a testimony to human ingenuity, and we reflected on the mystery and greatness of Creation.
Me, gently pushing back against conservatives who believe that Edmund Burke loved the Americans but didn't love the American Revolution. @DanHugger @TheRightsWriter @ISI @NRO @ubookman @KirkCenter theimaginativeconservative.org/2025/07/edmund…
When Joyce is right, she is right!
student use of AI to write papers isn't the essence of the problem but illuminates the (less obvious) problem of the lack of genuine interest in the course & in acquiring the skill required. if you are learning dance, you dance; you wouldn't order a robot to dance for you. a…
🔥New episode dropped. Young people crave meaning and connection. @AFempowers helps them find both—grounded in the timeless ideas of liberty. AF CEO @iEricKohn joined @DanHugger to discuss his work building a brighter, freer future on the Acton Line. acton.org/audio/how-ceo-…
Had a great conversation with @iEricKohn , former colleague & current CEO @AFempowers , on @ActonInstitute 's latest podcast! Who knows what good lurks at America's founding? How do we best transmit those ideas to a new generation? @iEricKohn knows! youtube.com/watch?v=OlmgxG…
“Freedom is the only condition of growth; take that off, the result is degeneration.” - Swami Vivekananda
For me, the crux moment in John MacArthur's career might be when he was 29 and starting at Grace Community Church. How you view this moment probably determines how you view the rest of his ministry: