It is the folly of intellectuals to both dismiss and, on the other hand, overstate the effect of popular culture on America and her citizens. If politics is indeed downstream of culture, a more precise, dispassionate analysis of current treads is needed.
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Make America Beautiful Again
Classical architecture illustrates the virtues of our regime and our tradition. It must be protected…
What the Right Gets Wrong About Art
If "beauty is the battlefield on which God and the devil war for man’s soul,"…
Censorship in the New Regime Is Corporate
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Censorship in the Group Quota Regime
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America Wakes Up to Woke
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A Patriot Speaks
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A Phone Call from President Trump
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The Persistence of the Lie
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The Appeal of Ron DeSantis
In the Republican party the great fault line is between those who believe we are in a cold civil war…