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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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: “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.
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 Left and Its Devil
Having rejected God, nature, and tradition, the enlightened sophisticates of the Left soon confronted a terrifying emptiness in their souls.
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The Greatness of George Washington
At his 293rd birthday, the father of our nation is still the ideal model for all who hope to see America made great again.
Safetyism Kills
From COVID to air travel to the LA fires, performative "safety" is a primary justification for expanding political power.
Melania Trump and the Aesthetics of War
The first lady's attention to the finer details can help us reclaim the classic sense of American beauty from those who celebrate ugliness.
When America Celebrated Christmas from Orbit
This Christmas, we should recall a time when America embraced both its own greatness and the glory of God's creation.
A Book to Topple a Regime
The Gulag Archipelago proves that art can make all the difference in political conflicts, Lee Edwards argued in his final CRB essay.
Three Ways Trump Can Fight Wokeness in Sports
The federal government has existing authority to enforce common-sense standards in American sports. Republicans should use it.
The Guilt of Intellectuals
Fredric Jameson, the Marxist critic who died last weekend, is key to understanding the Left Eclecticism that rules our universities.
Can Poetry Save a Nation?
Our memory, our identity, and our everyday speech are inextricably bound to the poetic traditions of our people.
Make America Beautiful Again
Classical architecture illustrates the virtues of our regime and our tradition. It must be protected against those who despise both.
What the Right Gets Wrong About Art
If "beauty is the battlefield on which God and the devil war for man’s soul," who is winning?…
Slow Horses: A Must Watch
I like British crime series, a genre in which the Brits put their Yankee cousins…
America Wakes Up to Woke
The rainbow fabric of woke is now fraying. Wokeness was envisioned as a new reboot…