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Brad Littlejohn (Ph.D, University of Edinburgh) is Director of Programs and Education at American Compass. He lives in Loudoun County, VA, with his wife, Rachel, and four children.
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Brad Littlejohn (Ph.D, University of Edinburgh) is Director of Programs and Education at American Compass. He lives in Loudoun County, VA, with his wife, Rachel, and four children.
Brad LittlejohnTechnology
What is implied about our idea of the human person when we are willing to use LLMs and other AI technologies for emotional support?
Brad LittlejohnFeaturedEthicsEconomics and BusinessJournalJournal 3
Among the many sayings of Jesus that have echoed down through the ages, few have continued to sound so loudly or uncomfortably in our ears as his warning, “You cannot serve both God and Mammon.” But this does not keep […]
Brad LittlejohnBook ReviewsJournal 6JournalDemocracy and Solidarity
When we attend to local, policy-level political life, it turns out America's democratic systems are not as weak as many think.
Brad LittlejohnPolitical TheoryBook Reviews
A political order built on rights without any account of the right will with time devolve into contradiction and incoherence.
Brad LittlejohnPolitical Theory
The confusion of authority and expertise, with the simplistic accounts of authority such a confusion implies, lies near the heart of our political chaos.
Brad LittlejohnFormation
New Christian graduates are now tasked with the task of cultivating wisdom without the benefit of training wheels.
Brad LittlejohnEconomics and BusinessCurrent PoliticsBook Reviews
Sohrab Ahmari's 'Tyranny Inc' is a welcome corrective to some false ideas on the right, but it's cure may be as bad as the disease it diagnoses.
Brad LittlejohnFeaturedHistoryCurrent Politics
“Christian Nationalism” and the Appeal to History Is America a Christian nation—or was it ever? This vexed question, debated for decades, has been given a new lease on life by the heated and sometimes obsessive conversation around so-called “Christian nationalism” […]
Brad LittlejohnFeaturedHistoryCurrent PoliticsJournalJournal 1
It has become a tired cliché to lament the polarization of American politics, yet after a year that witnessed a post-election assault on the US Capitol, and in which even epidemiology became a partisan issue, few would contest the truth […]
Brad LittlejohnFeaturedCurrent PoliticsHealth and Medicine
One year ago today, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the US passed 85,000, surpassing China where the virus had begun, and giving us the unenviable distinction of being #1 in the world. Today, America still holds that […]
Brad LittlejohnFeaturedHealth and Medicine
One year ago tonight, I sat in the bar of the Hotel George in downtown Washington, DC, waiting for my friend to arrive. The TV in the corner was tuned to ESPN, but for once there was no game on. […]
Brad LittlejohnFeaturedCurrent Politics
Like a prophetic denunciation from the days of ancient Israel, the Covid-19 pandemic has come upon our self-absorbed and decadent civilization like a bolt from the blue, throwing into sharp relief the follies and fault-lines in our moral thinking and […]
