As Americans prepare to celebrate Christmas and begin the new year, it’s worth reflecting on what the country lost and gained in 2025.

Here is a book, a movie, and a song to enjoy before the year’s end.

Alasdair MacIntyre died on May 21, 2025, but his 1981 book “After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory” may live forever.

Published by the University of Notre Dame Press, it is likely MacIntyre’s most well-known work among the public, and rightfully so. In it, the Scottish-American philosopher provides his assessment of where modern morality goes wrong and what ethical system can hope to save it.

MacIntyre’s critical assessment of the West comes as one who was a consummate insider. For decades he graced the halls of America’s revered educational institutions, including Vanderbilt, Duke, and the Catholic bastion........

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