FUSION: In the Tradition of Liberty

I am very excited about this new publication. Frank Meyer’s “In Defense of Freedom” is the Polaris of my political philosophy.


"To be launched in Summer 2023, Fusion explores pressing issues from a perspective rooted in the tradition of liberty.

Once a month, Fusion will publish a significant essay on a theme related to the origins, challenges, and prospects of a free society. These essays will often be accompanied by responses from leading writers, reflecting the ideal of civil debate that is essential to a constitutional republic. Fusion will also publish shorter occasional pieces, including arts criticism and historical investigations as well as political commentary.

Why another journal of ideas in an already saturated media environment? Awash in “hot takes,” we believe there is unmet demand for thoughtful, deliberate commentary informed by genuine expertise. That is particularly true when it comes to arguments that emphasize the indispensable, although not exclusive, roles of individual liberty and constitutional government in securing political, economic, and moral flourishing. Once ubiquitous to the point of cliché, such arguments have become distinctly unfashionable against a rising tide of identity politics, counterproductive nationalism, and dumbed-down populism.

Such challenges are not unprecedented, though. Fusion is inspired by the intellectual journalism of the mid-20th Century, when scholars, writers, and activists also confronted attacks on liberal principles and institutions from both the Left and the Right. Our name is a tribute to Frank S. Meyer, who argued that the twin imperatives of freedom and virtue, rights and obligations are not mutually exclusive. Instead, they constitute a productive tension that drives the unique accomplishments of Western Civilization.

We will not impose any party line on its contributors or their arguments. Taken as a whole, though, Fusion is an attempt to demonstrate both the political salience and the intellectual seriousness of a continuing tradition, involving both practice and theory, that cannot be reduced to shopworn policy proposals or familiar rhetorical gestures. Today’s widespread doubts about the relevance and even possibility of that tradition do not mean that enterprise is doomed from the outset. To the contrary, they remind us why the defense of freedom must be renewed—and revised—in every age.

Fusion is published by the American Institute for Economic Research."


In the Tradition of Liberty | Fusion Magazine (fusionaier.org)