The glory of American order: This 4th of July, the nation desperately needs a rebirth of ordered liberty

As Americans celebrate yet another Independence Day, we must consider again what makes America possible, and what makes America great. Russell Kirk, one of the most insightful interpreters of American peril and promise, once observed that order is a necessary prerequisite to liberty. Without order, liberty is impossible, and the only liberty that can survive over time is an ordered liberty—which means liberty grounded in something substantial.As Kirk argued, “To protest against the existence of