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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What Happened to Greatness?
Greatness is waning. Does the fault lie with the culture at large or the elites charged with shaping it?
Response to Ellmers
Students and parents are well aware of the repressive tendency Ellmers identifies, of the ideological literati littering our college campuses.
America at Her Best: A Tribute to Clarence Thomas
If this great man, with firsthand knowledge of the worst of America, forgives his country, then might we forgive her, too?
How to Be an Elitist
What matters is that we educate the young for greatness, regardless of whether they will ever encounter opportunities for it.
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The Bold Vision to Make Penn Station Great Again
Once upon a time, New York City had a train station worthy of the greatest city in America. With Trump's help, it can again.
Trump Can End the Weaponization of Team USA Sports
Existing oversight mechanisms establish federal authority to end the destructive Left's hijacking of national symbols.
Only Trump Can Make Penn Station Great Again
A plan to rebuild what was once the most beautiful transit hub in the world is worthy of both the president and America's greatest city.
Trump’s Mandate: A Masculine Renaissance
The 45th and 47th president has displayed the virtues necessary to lead men in war. Do American men have the virtues necessary to follow him?
How Trans Ideology Took America by Storm
The destructive Left's most outrageous cause is driven by power politics, new technology, the usual ideologies — and fear.
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.