"The Learning Curve: Hoover at Stanford's Peter Berkowitz on Reclaiming Liberal Education in America" (podcast), October 13, 2026 pioneerinstitute.org/podcast…

"The American Experiment: Blending Liberty and Virtue From the First," RealClearPolitics, October 11, 2026 The American experiment in ordered liberty assumes that elections will come and go but that amid changing circumstances the nation’s fundamental principles will endure – providing continuity, ballast, and guidance – and citizens will persist in exercising their rights and performing their duties reasonably. Yet today’s left and right increasingly fear that the other’s victory in the next election spells doom for the nation. The partisans tend to overlook the role that restoring a shared appreciation of the nation’s founding dedication to blending liberty and virtue would play in sustaining the American republic. . . . realclearpolitics.com/articl…

"Reclaiming Liberal Education in America," RealClearPolitics, September 27, 2026 This is the preface to the author’s new book, “Reclaiming Liberal Education in America,” which will be published on Sept. 29 by RealClear Publishing. This book features 40 RealClearPolitics columns that I wrote between 2014 and 2025. Each chapter provides a snapshot of the plight of liberal education in America. Together, they form a short history of liberal education’s decline and provide a concise case for, and sketch measures essential to, reclaiming it. . . . realclearpolitics.com/articl…

"Reclaiming Liberal Education with Peter Berkowitz," The Community Connection, Season 3, September 2026 youtube.com/watch?v=UMKLUu1V…

"Higher Education Must Overcome Comforting Delusions," RealClearPolitics, September 13, 2026 It is comforting to suppose that the resentment and anger we provoke arise from misunderstandings on the part of others. We like to believe that if only those who shun, reproach, or despise us grasped our good intentions, steadfast efforts, and harsh circumstances, their hostility would rapidly dissipate and their hearts would swell with admiration for all we endure and accomplish. . . . realclearpolitics.com/articl…

“Reclaiming Liberal Education in America," Matters of Policy & Politics podcast, August 28, 2026 hoover.org/plus/research/rec…

"The Promise and Limits of UT Austin Core-Curriculum Reform," RealClearPolitics, August 30, 2026 Most if not all large-scale organizations resist reform. Colleges’ and universities’ institutional structure enables them to resist better than most. . . . realclearpolitics.com/articl…

"When Astronomy Morphs Into Astrology," RealClearPolitics, August 16, 2026 The 1996 “Sokal Hoax” attests to the longstanding decline of the humanities, and with them liberal education in America. Some 30 years later, higher education has begun to grapple with humanities professors’ propensity to abuse academic freedom – by repudiating rigor, stifling dissent, and abandoning dedication to understanding the world in favor of changing it. Yet even well-intentioned, reform-minded university administrators and faculty overlook how the academic establishment – that is, they themselves – allowed the humanities’ self-inflicted degradation to proceed unchecked for so long. . . . realclearpolitics.com/articl…

"Why the Future of Education Won’t Come from the Ivy League," Breaking History, a podcast with Eli Lake at The Free Press, August 6 "In his new book, Peter Berkowitz makes the case that liberal education isn’t dead yet, and that the path forward runs through new institutions, not old ones." thefp.com/p/future-education…

"Patrick Deneen’s Conflicting Accounts of Liberalism in America," RealClearPolitics, August 2, 2026 If you drastically vary your account of the accused while adamantly proclaiming his guilt, you cast doubt on your judgment. So it is with Patrick Deneen and his grave and longstanding accusation against classical liberalism in America. . . . realclearpolitics.com/articl…

"JD Vance’s Ambiguous Message on Christianity and America," RealClearPolitics, July 19, 2026 Although generally neglected, mocked, or reviled by scholars and progressive intellectuals, religion shapes and colors American politics. When it recedes from hearts and minds, traditional faith leaves a spiritual vacuum into which flow all manner of superstitions, false prophets, and utopian delusions. . . . realclearpolitics.com/articl…

I am pleased to announce that my new book, Reclaiming Liberal Education in America, is available for preorder at Amazon: amazon.com/Reclaiming-Libera…

"Ten Propositions: The U.S., Iran and the Republican Party," RealClearPolitics, June 28, 2026 On Sunday, June 21, in Switzerland, Vice President JD Vance exuded optimism, stating that the negotiations he was opening with the Islamic Republic of Iran could “transform the Middle East.” After the first day, he proclaimed a breakthrough: Tehran had agreed to permit International Atomic Energy Association inspections. The next day, Iran denied it. . . . realclearpolitics.com/articl…

"Liberal Education in America, the AI Challenge, and the Pope," RealClearPolitics, June 21, 2026 At a mid-April dinner at a D.C. think tank, I was asked to offer a few words on education and artificial intelligence. I observed that constantly improving AI platforms perform wonders – answering complex questions almost instantly, yielding remarkable efficiencies, and producing breathtaking innovations in industry, science, medicine, military affairs, and more. Yet like all technological advances, I said, AI brings curses as well as blessings. I emphasized the threats it poses to liberal education, starting with college students’ tendency to rely on AI to generate ideas, outline arguments, and even compose polished papers. . . . realclearpolitics.com/articl…

"US Declaration at 250: New Challenges, Enduring Principles, Part III," RealClearPolitics, June 7, 2026 This is the third of a three-part series originally delivered as a lecture May 15 at a conference, “The Declaration of Independence at 250: What New Can Be Said?” hosted by the Stanford Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School. realclearpolitics.com/articl…

"US Declaration at 250: New Challenges, Enduring Principles, Part II," RealClearPolitics, May 31, 2026 This is the second of a three-part series originally delivered as a lecture May 15 at a conference, “The Declaration of Independence at 250: What New Can Be Said?” hosted by the Stanford Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School. (The first part is here -- realclearpolitics.com/articl….) realclearpolitics.com/articl…

"US Declaration at 250: New Challenges, Enduring Principles," RealClearPolitics, May 24, 2026 With the signing of the Declaration of Independence 250 years ago, America’s founders accomplished something new under the sun: They brought into existence a nation rooted in the belief that individuals are by nature free and equal. . . . realclearpolitics.com/articl…

"The Elites Who Want to Burn It Down," The Free Press, May 12, 2026 On the solemn trek home a few weeks ago from a festive White House Correspondents’ Dinner cut short by the violent intrusion of alleged attempted assassin Cole Tomas Allen, I received a text from a worried friend. I called her to say that I was fine and that near as I could tell no guests had been injured, evacuation of the enormous Washington Hilton ballroom had proceeded in an orderly fashion, and the chilly evening air suited the night’s chilling events. Before hanging up, I expressed the worry that while the nation had dodged a catastrophe, the shots ringing out in the ballroom foyer that evening would exacerbate the fever gripping both parties. . . . thefp.com/p/progressives-pos…

"Harvey C. Mansfield’s Honorable Quest To Educate Harvard," RealClearPolitics, May 10, 2026 In a 1975 essay exploring Leo Strauss’ interpretation of Machiavelli, Harvey C. Mansfield asserts that “no paragraph in The Prince and the Discourses has been understood until you have found something funny in it.” Consequently, advises Mansfield, “If you are not in more or less constant amusement when reading Machiavelli’s books, you should consider yourself bewildered.” Mansfield’s amusing observations about the philosophical importance of amusement to Machiavelli’s exploration of serious matters applies to Mansfield’s many writings, certainly his amusingly titled new book, “Where Harvard Went Wrong: Fifty Years of Commentary that Fell on Deaf Ears.” . . . realclearpolitics.com/articl…

"The Magnitude of Its Problems Still Eludes Yale," May 3, 2026 Reform of the nation’s higher-education institutions – like reform of any undertaking or organization – comes in various shapes and sizes. . . . realclearpolitics.com/articl…