David P. Goldman

David P. Goldman is president of Macrostrategy LLC, a financial consulting firm. He writes the "Spengler" column for Asia Times Online and the "Spengler" blog at PJ Media, and is the author of How Civilizations Die (and Why Islam is Dying Too) (Regnery).

Articles by David P. Goldman

Cultural Realism

American culture has unique characteristics that explain our country’s extraordinary success.

Time Out of Joint

Clark’s attempt to draw a parallel between the breakdown of the German state after World War I and the crackup of the 21st-century liberal order fails in both concept and narrative.

The Koran and Jihad

Jihad remains a threat to Western civilization, although the extent is unclear.

The Insider’s Guide to the Hebrew Bible

The first Orthodox Jewish presentation of the Pentateuch likely to interest a broad audience.

The Great Resenter

Another hagiography of Woodrow Wilson, the patron saint of American internationalists.

Howl at the Moon

The Left needs to rethink its foreign policy.

The Prophet of Ordinary Unhappiness

The world wallowed in hysterical misery; Freud offered to replace it with ordinary unhappiness.

Condoleezza Rice Goes to the Seashore

A tragic history of democratic movements, with the sad parts left out.

Must We Fight?

China’s challenge to American strategic dominance sets us on a path to war.

Neither American, Nor Civil, Nor a Religion

The United States is a nation with the soul of a church.

The Case for Benign Neglect

The winners in the post-Cold War world will be those who best can manage its instability.

Eternal Youth and Living Death

Pop-culture has never seen anything like this!

The Empire Has No Tailors

Pregnant Pause

A review of What to Expect When No One's Expecting: America's Coming Demographic Disaster, by Jonathan V. Last and How the West Really Lost God: A New Theory of Secularization, by Mary Eberstadt.

Claremont Review of Books

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