Melville’s Rejection of Utopia...
That Herman Melville became a writer in the first place—and later the author of the Great American Novel, as some people think of...
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The Decentralized Totalitarian...
Social media mobs and “woke” bureaucrats do not take orders from a single leader, but the denunciations and demands of CRT are...
read moreCapitalism Always Buries Its U...
As Francesco Boldizzoni details, reports of capitalism’s demise have, time and again, been greatly exaggerated. In 2017, the Museum...
read moreOrwell and the Cancellation of...
“The Prevention of Literature” analyzes the mind of the ideologue in thrall to orthodoxies that brook no questioning. That makes it...
read moreStrauss as Teacher
Geoffrey Vaughan reviews Leo Strauss on Political Philosophy, a collection of Strauss’ lectures on the subject at the...
read moreVirus Deaths in Democratic ver...
James R. Rogers looks at the difference between deaths from COVID-19 in Democratic versus Republican states, and the differences in...
read moreThe America the New York Times...
Hans Eicholz reveals the hypocracy of a recent New York Times editorial which decries our current economic institutions without...
read moreSacrificial Politics and Sacre...
Sacrificial politics defines people by their categories and defines their categories by suffering—glorifying it, gluing them to it....
read moreNortherners’ Failed Mission in...
by Allen Guelzo – Just as every cub reporter entertains the notion of one day writing the Great American Novel, every American...
read moreThe Supremes Ride the Spiral D...
by Hadley Arkes – Last days in the term for the Supreme Court have been days for releasing decisions on the most controversial...
read moreThe Plot to Undermine the Elec...
by Ian Drake – In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton won the popular vote for president by just under three...
read moreWhat Distinguishes America?
by Peter Augustine Lawler, Richard M. Reinsch II – vladimir wrangel (shutterstock.com) This essay is adapted from the recently...
read moreFor Judge Kavanaugh, It Must B...
Judge Brett Kavanaugh is taking fire for those of us who still believe in the institutions, rules, and norms of America’s...
read moreContra Centralization of Our C...
The relentness discussion of “tribalism” in America prompts the question: Is there anything beyond hating the New England Patriots...
read moreCan Public Sector Unions Be Fo...
Because Janus vs. AFSCME ended public unions’ ability to mandate agency fees, do they have to pay back what they accrued from...
read moreWhat Is the Mueller Indictment...
Why did special prosecutor Mueller bring this indictment? In Part I, I argued that special prosecutor Mueller had charged an...
read moreTocqueville and the Promise of...
by Brian A. Smith – Year after year, education policy experts produce reports and proposals that assume we need some form of...
read moreTradition, Culture, and Citize...
Roger Scruton on Tradition: A high culture of tradition holds together citizenship and culture for a social order. Editor’s note:...
read moreOne and a Half Cheers for More...
Advocating for more civic education is a double-edged sword. James R. Rogers – Commentators on both left and right advocate...
read moreWhen Susan Sontag Told the Tru...
Susan Sontag prided herself on the complexity of her thinking, but she was crudely consistent in blaming America first. by Ron...
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