Robert R. Reilly

Robert R. Reilly is a senior fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council and has written for the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Reader’s Digest, and National Review, among many other publications. A former director of the Voice of America, he has taught at the National Defense University and served in the White House and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Reilly is a member of the board of the Middle East Media Research Institute and lives near Washington DC. His most recent book is The Closing of the Muslim Mind: How Intellectual Suicide Created the Modern Islamist Crisis.

Cultural imperialism on the march

13 May 2013 |

tags: homosexuality, same-sex marriage, US foreign policy

Why is the Obama administration promoting Gay Pride Months and campaigning for gay rights in countries like Pakistan and El Salvador?

The President needs a history lesson

30 Apr 2013 |

tags: abortion, Barack Obama, Planned Parenthood

The President's fulsome praise of Planned Parenthood ignores its shameful origin in racist eugenics.

The road to same-sex marriage was paved by Rousseau

15 Apr 2013 |

tags: Aristotle, philosophy, Rousseau, same-sex marriage

At the heart of the debate over same-sex marriage are fundamental questions about who men are and how we decide what makes us flourish.

Do infertile couples clinch the case for same-sex marriage?

19 Mar 2013 |

tags: infertility, same-sex marriage

Nope. All infertilities are not equal. There is a crucial difference between an infertile heterosexual union and an impotent homosexual one.

What would the Greeks have thought of gay marriage?

11 Mar 2013 |

tags: classics, philosophy, same-sex marriage

The great classical philosophers would have regarded it as an absurdity, despite their partial tolerance of homosexual love.

Why men fight

26 Jan 2013 |

tags: ethics of warfare, women in military

Will women in front-line combat duty change the way men behave in combat?

Will Egypt become a totalitarian state?

26 Dec 2012 |

tags: Egypt, Islam, Muslim Brotherhood

The Muslim Brotherhood wants to control all aspects of the state and personal life after consolidating its power.

Why can’t Islam apologize?

12 Oct 2012 |

tags: Chrstianity, Islam, Judaism, Qur'an

Shouldn't tolerance be a two-way street?

Is Man by Nature in Relation to the Infinite?

30 Aug 2012 |

tags: Christianity, Islam, reason

The notion of "let's be reasonable about this" has a long history and a deep meaning behind it.

Is Romney right about culture?

6 Aug 2012 |

tags: 2012 elections, Islam, Mitt Romney

The presidential candidate has copped a lot of criticism for attributing Israeli prosperity to its culture. He's still right.

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