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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Fight the Mob
As with Communism a generation ago, today we are engaged in a conflict between two incompatible ways of life.
A Patriot Speaks
Good character is a manifestation of the capacity of citizens to govern themselves. It is the true ground on which…
A Phone Call from President Trump
Although Trump enacted many important policies, it was his personal virtues that inspired a movement. I received a call…
The Persistence of the Lie
One must begin at the beginning—the personal decision not to live by lies. From that wise and liberating decision, all…
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…