For generations, those elements of character were the bedrock of what we expected in our fellow man, especially in our public servants and elected leaders. Somewhere along the way to 2025 we got ...

Buckley, Jr., and the Elements of American Character. John J. Miller signs off. John J. Miller is joined by John Bicknell to discuss his new book, The Pathfinder and the President John J.

[Applause.] Of the various elements of character, "heroism" is so important that the ancient moralists classed it among the four cardinal virtues. Heroism tends to individualize the man.