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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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America Is Not a Racist Country
Charles Murray believes that Americans must face up to reality, or risk losing the republic as we know it.
Our Elections Are More Vulnerable Than Ever
Could the Left's election lawfare open our system up to Chinese infiltration?…
Is Our Economy Totalitarian?
Government has a necessary but limited role in sustaining free markets.
Attack on Trump Lays Bare the Stakes of This Election
The attempted assassination of Donald Trump shows just how much the enemies of the American way of life hate, and…
Only Trump Can Beat the Regime’s Lies
President Trump's bombastic rhetoric is uniquely suited to unmasking the machinations of the group quota regime.
Donald Trump’s Conviction Is a Call to Arms
An immigrant’s daughter fears the freedom her mother fought for may not be preserved for future generations.
Do Democrats Regret Their DEI Hire Yet?
Vice President Kamala Harris is the poster girl for the group quota regime—and its threat to the American way of…
Sam Brown’s America
Captain Sam Brown is running for the U.S. Senate from Nevada. I met Sam recently. His face was burned…
The Politics of the Heart on Stage
Wall Street Journal critic Kyle Smith praises Tom Klingenstein's 'Our American Queen' as an "exquisitely nuanced piece" of theater.
In Search of an American Aristocracy
Regime change was made possible by the installation of a global elite in place of our republic's natural aristocracy.
Trump’s Conviction Is Doubly Abusive
The highly politicized New York verdict is an old form of tyranny wrapped up in another that is new, but…
Fauci Was Just a Symptom
RFK Jr.’s book on Anthony Fauci reveals an administrative state whose corruption and incompetence extend far beyond any one pandemic.