What counts as a healthy society in America is a perennial concern. Today, as we live increasingly atomized lives, social cohesion and strengthening are more important than ever.
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Trump v. Affirmative Action
Many now believe that, after generations of persistence, affirmative action is finally about to die. They're wrong.
The Breaking Point of a Republic
The history of citizenship is not a simple story of inclusion and progress. It's also a story of strain.
The Necessary Limits of Mercy
Americans have always been unusually vulnerable to appeals framed in the language of mercy, equality, and procedural justice.
Affirmative Action: Our ‘Unslayable Ghoul’
No matter how often it is invalidated, condemned, or banned, it returns — reshaped, renamed, and newly justified.
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George Soros: The Man and His Empire
To understand the destructive Left, we must understand the man whose billions have helped launch it to power.
Keeping the Cold Civil War Cold
The principles of the founding and the example of Lincoln must guide us through the deepening crisis in our civic life.
The End of History, the End of Truth
Academic fads seep out of the ivory tower and into the broader war on reality, on nature, and on our way of life.
Can American Institutions Roll Back Wokeness?
In the face of a deadly enemy, "coalition building" misunderstands the founding principles enshrined in our political processes.
Shooting Dead Enemies
The destructive ideology now rampant in the West traces back less to Karl Marx than to Heidegger and Freud.
A Prophecy Confirmed but Unfinished
If Western nations are to survive the onslaught of hostile immigration, it will likely be thanks to the unforeseen rise of men of destiny.
American Renewal Must Begin with Love of America
The America First Right will fail in its mission if it adopts the same post-nationalism that drives the destructive Left.
The Cruelty Is the Point
The attempt to restore order in America is only "cruel" if you buy the destructive Left's bogus idea of justice.
Safe Passage Out of Tyranny?
Auron MacIntyre's recent book seeks a course toward restoring the American way of life that is neither liberal nor radical.
Europe’s Anti-Democratic Turn, and Ours
The elites who deny popular rule in Europe to defend "democracy" have their reflections, and their supporters, in America too.
Torching America’s Social Contract
A major contingent of the destructive Left has abandoned the republican premise that political problems must be solved nonviolently.
Debate Must Be Closed Before It Can Be Opened
The republican spirit that has defined America since the founding cannot survive unless certain voices are shut out.