H.L. Mencken defined puritanism as the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. Remember that amid the deluge of demands to break up Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple. Columbia law ...

Puritanism insisted that victory was possible, and that neither compromise nor perpetual conflict with a seemingly invincible foe was either necessary or desirable. It made a brave bid for victory.

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Puritanism reflected the unhappiness of English Protestants in the Elizabethan age who saw the Church of England as insufficiently Protestant. They wanted a purified church where each Christian ...

Puritanism is perhaps the least understood of any political movement in European history. In popular mythology it is reduced to a joyless cult of self-denial, obsessed by stripping churches and ...

Puritanism no longer employs the thumbscrew and lash; but it still has a most pernicious hold on the minds and feelings of the American people. Naught else can explain the power of a Comstock. Like ...

Yale and the Puritanism of ‘Social Justice’ Ditching class to protest won’t count against you—at least if the university approves of the cause. By Walter Olson March 6, 2018 7:14 pm ET ...

Puritanism could be a winner Lawrence Martin Public affairs columnist Special to The Globe and Mail Published August 11, 2010 ...