Misadventures of a Stalinist Stooge Benn Steil’s engrossing new biography of Henry A. Wallace is a timely cautionary tale and a masterpiece of 20th-century American history. Ronald Radosh 25 Apr 2024 · 23 min read
American Carnage Alex Garland’s spectacular new film ‘Civil War’ is a warning of what can happen to democracies when civil society collapses. Allan Stratton 18 Apr 2024 · 6 min read
Funhouse-Mirror Fusionism Like the traditionalists and libertarians, integralists and vitalists find themselves advancing analogous causes: one stands for a moral order and cohesive community, and the other for the exceptional individual. Cincinnatus Smith 28 Mar 2024 · 14 min read
The Optimistic Space Between Black and White Reflecting on "The Case for Black Optimism" by Coleman Hughes Megan Gafford 3 Feb 2024 · 5 min read
No, There’s No ‘Epidemic’ of Anti-Transgender Violence Human Rights Campaign’s own data suggest trans Americans suffer a homicide risk that’s actually less than the U.S. average. Brad Polumbo 29 Jan 2024 · 7 min read
The Return of the Creationists How can we expect political sense or reason from people who cannot distinguish empirical reality from ancient myth? Lawrence M. Krauss 14 Nov 2023 · 4 min read
The Perils of Affective Polarization Our increasing desire to isolate ourselves from supporters of the opposite party can have dire consequences. Julian Adorney 10 Nov 2023 · 8 min read
America Has Serious Problems. It’s Time to Stop Blaming Them on ‘Trumpism’ It is always tempting to portray one’s political opponents as consumed by some inveterate flaw or social contaminant that marks them as fallen creatures. Quillette 9 Nov 2020 · 10 min read
For Five Months, BLM Protestors Trashed America's Cities. After the Election, Things May Only Get Worse Common themes in the emerging constellation of radical groups include apocalyptic beliefs, a “utopian” political agenda, martyr narratives, and a cell-based organizational structure. Mike Gonzalez 3 Nov 2020 · 9 min read
Tara Reade's Dubious Claims and Shifting Stories Show the Limits of #BelieveWomen If Reade’s claims really do sink Biden in November, the Democrats will merely be reaping what their moral panic has sowed. Cathy Young 14 May 2020 · 26 min read
Trailblazing Pete Buttigieg Revealed the Extent of ‘Progressive’ Homophobia There is a certain kind of progressive writer who has convinced himself that there is only one way to be gay; and if you don’t fit that mold, you’re a class-war traitor who doesn’t even count as part of the LGB community. Brad Polumbo 3 Mar 2020 · 7 min read
Why Do Progressives Hate Gentrification? One reason might be that they worry about the second kind of harm that accompanies gentrification: the changing culture and character of neighborhoods. Coleman Hughes 25 Nov 2019 · 6 min read
The Hell of Good Intentions—A Review Walt is always thinking of ways to blame the most vexing international problems on liberal hegemony. From proliferation to terrorism to Trump, he sees its malignant influence everywhere he looks. Matt Johnson 6 Aug 2019 · 14 min read
Reparations and Ta-Nehisi Coates's Pyrrhic Victory At bottom, the reparations debate is a debate about the relationship between history and ethics, between the past and the Good. Coleman Hughes 17 Mar 2019 · 13 min read