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GeneralAugust 28, 2026

The Contested Return of the Common Good to American Public Life

By Patrick J. Wolf, PhD

Published by The American Founders Institute.

Something has quietly returned to serious American political argument: the idea that individuals and institutions exist within a larger order that makes legitimate claims on their conduct. The common good — once a staple of both civic and moral reasoning — is being recovered, debated, and in some quarters fiercely resisted. The argument over whether […]

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