Woke Dilemmas
The enemy of today’s ruling power is us.
Articles by Michael Anton
Modernity and Its Discontents
No one knows the way out of our present morass.
The Disputed Question Winter 2022/23
Mark Helprin and Michael Anton on the war in Ukraine.
The Containment of George Kennan
George Kennan shared more opinions with today’s populist Right than with the contemporary Left.
Nuclear Autumn
How the world almost ended in 1983.
The Road to Dubai
The United Arab Emirates’ liberal authoritarianism.
Beto’s Republic, Book I
What is woke justice?
FUBAR
Soldiering for America: is it worth it?
Right Flight
The war between the states.
The Continuing Crisis
The election and its aftermath.
The Case for Trump
There's little wrong with President Trump that more Trump couldn't solve.
The Empire Strikes Back
What the effort to impeach President Trump is really about.
The Empire Strikes Back
What the effort to impeach President Trump is really about.
Are the Kids Al(t)right?
In the spiritual war for the disaffected youth on the right, conservatism is losing. BAPism is winning.
Tucker’s Right
The beginning of a new conservatism?
Draining the Swamp
No one has done more than John Marini to explain the administrative state.
Thinking Bigly
Donald Trump and political philosophy.
National Review’s Latest Defense of Birthright Citizenship
Birthright citizenship is neither constitutional nor conservative.
Will the Real Authoritarian Please Stand Up?
Trump versus the democracy experts.
Social Compact, American Style
And the debate rages on.
Birthright Citizenship: A Response to My Critics
It's time to find a reasonable way forward.
Does the U.S. Need More Immigrants?
Why do we need more people in this country, anyway?
San Francisco Values
How the Left learned to love the super-rich.
Woman in Full
Wolfe's four novels are nothing if not entertaining - so much so that even friendly reviewers tend to overlook their underlying seriousness.
Harry V. Jaffa: An Appreciation
Work the Line
Michael Anton learns to transform the mundane into the sublime, one plate at a time.
Land’s End
Machiavelli in Malibu.
Paradise Lost and Regained
The Beach Boys’ Smile is an American masterpiece.
Sour Grapes
Napa Valley is California, only more so.
Worst Case Scenario
A review of Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe, by Graham Allison
On Nuclear Terrorism, by Michael Levi
The Nuclear Express: A Political History of the Bomb and Its Proliferation, by Thomas C. Reed and Danny B. Stillman
Big Man on Campus
A review of I am Charlotte Simmons, by Tom Wolfe
The Men Behind the Mysteries
Both Hammett and Chandler wrote mysteries, and mysteries are down-market in the literary world — good for making money, but not for garnering prestige.
Lone Wolfe
Tom Wolfe has been on a lonely crusade for more than a decade.