The Historians’ War Over Nikole Hannah-Jones and the 1619 Project
White (Communist) saviors, black Communists, back-peddlers, fellow contributors, star athletes, activists, and others.
Weekend Long Read
From What Lab Did ‘Cancel Culture’ Leak?
Woke cancel culture is not just a set of ideas. It is, as its name implies, a culture that came from a specific place, even if that place exists only in cyberspace.
Americans Unite
Can the veterans of the old conservative wars come to a truce?
The Rise of the New State Church
The cult of secularism has been enshrined in our laws, and in our democracy, not through the democratic process but through the least democratic means: imposition by the courts.
The Fatuousness of Guilt as an Instrument of Policy
When the world no longer speaks meaningfully to us, we shout into the void and pretend the echoes come from on high.
Too Much of a Unity
Are we two peoples and two regimes occupying the same country?
The Method in the Madness
A five-year effort to psychoanalyze and pathologize Donald Trump and his supporters bore fruit on January 6. But it won’t end there.
The Narrative, the Coup, and the Bourgeoisie
Marxism, innately, requires an oppressor to push back against. With Donald Trump out of office, expect the definition of “oppressor” in America to continue to expand.
Biden Wants Unity? Give it to Him Good and Hard
America First populists currently siloed in several parties should give Biden the unity he wants good and hard by moving into the Democratic Party and voting en bloc.
Why Establishment Conservatives Still Miss the Point of Trump
Our conservative friends are free to dislike Donald Trump’s policy answers. But they need to recognize the very real reasons why Trump became a political phenomenon in the first place.
Who Killed the Anti-War Democrats?
A movement that once sought to bring the counterculture into the government has now, instead, become integrated within it.
A Marxist Defends The Great Reactionaries
Leftism has become the cultural hegemony. Reactionaries, due to these conditions, are now the outsiders looking in, while most leftists are protecting the system from its own dissent.
The Federalist Papers and ‘The Violence of Faction’
Publius’ case for the Constitution depends crucially upon connecting honor and republicanism, upon vindicating “the honorable title of republic.”
Our New Family Regime?
The demands of statesmanship coincide with a philosophic respect for truth, and it is almost impossible to be a statesman at our late date without possessing philosophic or at least genuine wisdom.
Citizenship and the Nation-State
Without the natural right principles of the founding, the nation has no future but dissolution and anarchy.
The Battle for California Is the Battle for America
The Golden State’s progressive feudalists have one fatal weakness: They are wrong. The fundamental premises they use to justify their actions are flawed.
Staying to the Left of Boom by Going High
For 20 years, the United States has engaged in a series of policy failures in space that weakened our presence there and inspired our rivals. We need a total reassessment of U.S. space policy.
Anti-Americanism, Then and Now
The habit of liberal accommodation has precipitated a crisis in what one used to be able to call, without apology, manly self-confidence.
How Trump’s Foreign Policy Fits Within the American Tradition
Critics of the president's first term have focused excessively on his rhetoric instead of his actions. A review of actual foreign policy actions in the context of American history allows a more balanced perspective.
A Tyranny Perpetual and Universal?
Is the leftist dream now within reach? If President Trump loses, we will find out.