
Nathanael Blake
Fellow
Nathanael Blake, Ph.D. is a Fellow in the Life and Family Initiative at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. His research interests include American political theory, Christian political thought, and the intersection of natural law and philosophical hermeneutics. His published scholarship has included work on Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Alasdair MacIntyre, Russell Kirk and J.R.R. Tolkien.
Nathanael Blake, Ph.D. is a Fellow in the Life and Family Initiative at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. His research interests include American political theory, Christian political thought, and the intersection of natural law and philosophical hermeneutics. His published scholarship has included work on Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Alasdair MacIntyre, Russell Kirk and J.R.R. Tolkien.
Dr. Blake grew up in the Pacific Northwest, and received an undergraduate degree in microbiology with a chemistry minor from Oregon State University. After working as a writer and editor in the pro-life movement, he enrolled in graduate studies at the Catholic University of America, earning a doctorate in political theory. His dissertation was titled: “Natural Law and History: The Use and Abuse of Practical Reason.” Blake was a Richard M. Weaver Fellow of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and taught American Government at Wheeling Jesuit University.
As a cultural commentator, Dr. Blake has published hundreds of articles at outlets including Public Discourse, World Opinions, The Federalist, The Catholic World Report, and National Review. His first book, Victims of the Revolution: How Sexual Liberation Hurts Us All, is forthcoming from Ignatius Press in Spring 2025.
An evangelical Christian, Blake helps lead worship at his church—he particularly enjoys playing old hymns on double bass.
The 10 Years Since Obergefell Have Proven Its Critics Right
Nathanael Blake
The alarmists were right. Ten years after the Obergefell decision enacting same-sex marriage nationwide, its opponents — smeared then and now as…
Articles
The Federalist / June 20, 2025
Pride Month Is In Retreat, But We Need More Consistent Sexual Ethics
Nathanael Blake
Simone Biles, the gymnastics legend, picked a fight with women’s sports campaigner Riley Gaines, only to back down and apologize after a…
Articles
The Federalist / June 19, 2025
False Promises: Sexual Liberation Hurts Us All
Nathanael Blake
A new book details how the sexual revolution has backfired and has severely damaged Western society.
Articles
The Federalist / June 2, 2025
The Left Can’t Admit The Sexual Revolution Was Harmful Without Admitting Christians Were Right
Nathanael Blake
Religious conservatives are the only people to have retained a functioning normative anthropology that can both explain why the sexual revolution went so wrong and provide guidance on a better way to live.
Articles
The Federalist / May 23, 2025
Advice For The Class Of 2025: Never Put Your Hope In Earthly Kingdoms
Nathanael Blake
The Trump administration is crushing liberal hopes and dreams. For example, Frank Bruni, a New York Times columnist and journalism…
Articles
The Federalist / May 2, 2025
Largest-Known Abortion Pill Study Shows They’re Way More Dangerous Than We Knew
Nathanael Blake
‘The real-world rate of serious adverse effects following mifepristone abortions is at least 22 times as high as’ the drug label suggests.
Articles
The Federalist / April 29, 2025
Andrew Tate and Conservatives’ Kierkegaard Trap
Nathanael Blake
Reflexive contrarianism is the root of much of the resurgence of anti-Semitism on the Right, as well as of many other bizarre reactionary opinions that now seem to be gaining traction in some circles. It is presumed that whatever most offends the powers that be is probably true, or at least a useful corrective to a one-sided establishment. Those who fall into this pattern tend to take contradiction and condemnation as confirmation that they are on to something—and as justification to further radicalize.
Articles
Public Discourse / March 30, 2025
Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap
Nathanael Blake
OnlyFans and the deceptions of the sexual revolution
Articles
WORLD Opinions / March 26, 2025
Democrats Have A Manhood Problem, In More Ways Than One
Nathanael Blake
Almost no one believes the absurd tenets of transgender ideology. They pretend to believe because everyone around them is also pretending to believe.
Articles
The Federalist / March 24, 2025
Detrans Awareness Day Heralds A Reckoning For Transgender ‘Medicine’ Fraudsters
Nathanael Blake
Detransitioners’ lawsuits against the medical systems that hurt them could finally undo the industry’s embrace of transgenderism.
Articles
The Federalist / March 14, 2025