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Roberta Bayer

Dr. Roberta Bayer is an Associate Professor of Political Philosophy at Patrick Henry College, Purcellville, Virginia. Originally a Canadian citizen, she moved to the USA to pursue a PhD. at the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Bayer teaches courses in political philosophy ancient and modern, attends an Anglican Church, and edited Anglican Way magazine from 2008- 2018. She lives with her family in an old Virginia house.

Articles by Roberta Bayer

Conservatism in a Liberal Regime

These essays unite history, philosophy, and social commentary to say something about the ebb and flow of ideas which shape post-modern accounts of who we are and where we came…

Continuing to Argue Against Abortion

“Yet because the decision will not allow the question to remain silent, and yet sounds an ambiguous note as to how it would be answered in terms of our contemporary…
December 19, 2012

The Capivari Option: A Local Currency Bolsters a Poor Town

On September 20, 2011 the Wall Street Journal ran an article on the advantages of localism to the poorest parts of Brazil.  Paulo Prada, reporting from Brazil, interviewed townspeople who…
October 7, 2011

Red Tory?

Red toryism claims to be re-defining the political landscape, moving beyond the old hegemonic debates as to whether the best kind of government is socialist and statist or liberal and…
September 1, 2011