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Intellectual Conservatism Needs Fighters to Survive
Must conservatives play nicely with their liberal colleagues, while we critique and castigate each other whenever and however we please?
The Reader Forum: ‘How Many Democrats Wish Trump Had Been Killed?’
How many Democrat politicians wish the assassin had killed Trump? How many Americans? It is the central question.
American Moses
This story appears annually at tomklingenstein.com on April 23, in commemoration of 250 years—and counting—of American independence.
The Reader Forum: “The System Keeping Affirmative Action Alive”
The courts have ruled, the presidents have rotated, and the affirmative action regime has adapted to every one of them.
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Intellectual Conservatism Needs Fighters to Survive
Must conservatives play nicely with their liberal colleagues, while we critique and castigate each other whenever and however we please?
The Reader Forum: ‘How Many Democrats Wish Trump Had Been Killed?’
How many Democrat politicians wish the assassin had killed Trump? How many Americans? It is the central question.
American Moses
This story appears annually at tomklingenstein.com on April 23, in commemoration of 250 years—and counting—of American independence.
The Reader Forum: “The System Keeping Affirmative Action Alive”
The courts have ruled, the presidents have rotated, and the affirmative action regime has adapted to every one of them.
Paul Revere’s Ride
When Longfellow published “Paul Revere’s Ride,” few Americans remained who had a living memory of the American Revolution.
Norman Podhoretz (1930–2025)
Norman was proud of what he had accomplished, but was he a great man? He wasn’t asking me. He was looking heavenward.
The Merit Restoration Problem
The Secretary must persist. The American military belongs to the nation, not to an ideology.
We Are All Americans
By the morning of April 9, Lee had concluded that “there is nothing left me to do but to go and see General Grant, and I would rather die a thousand deaths.”
Trump v. Affirmative Action
Many now believe that, after generations of persistence, affirmative action is finally about to die. They're wrong.
America at the Crossroads: A Case for Mass Deportation
A temporary window has opened around President Trump’s deportation pledge. Its execution rests with him alone.
The Breaking Point of a Republic
The history of citizenship is not a simple story of inclusion and progress. It's also a story of strain.
Congress Doesn’t Know It’s at War
The system rewards cowardice and stagnation, not action. Until Congress faces real consequences for inaction or defeat, it will not change.