Conference Confidential
This well-researched book provides a new, absorbing prism through which to view the tragedy that was Yalta.
Book Reviews
Conference Confidential
This well-researched book provides a new, absorbing prism through which to view the tragedy that was Yalta.
The Election to End All Elections
Trump, imperfect as he is, is like a finger in a dike that, if removed, would loose a deluge.
Indecent Interval
With his remarkable longevity, Henry Kissinger might still be available to negotiate another American surrender.
Are We Going to Fist City?
These ugly books put to the test any hope that the divide in our country can be resolved peacefully.
Ex-Friends
It’s early days but another vista of broken and renewed friendships may be opening up.
Flyover Country Blues
The Democratic Party must show more respect for people like the Trump Democrats.
Redemption Without Repentance
Cass Sunstein and Adrian Vermeuele have provided an accessible defense of a curiously ill-defined beast—the “administrative state.”
A Towering Achievement
Studying Thatcher through Charles Moore’s eyes provides lessons about statecraft that will never stale.
Presidential Library
There is a long and storied history of presidents who have been authors of books that display admirable literary skill.
Always Never Trump
Never Trump intellectuals can be every bit as crude as their detested nemesis.
Contract Killers
The current Republican Party has many problems, but the attempt to pathologize the GOP is deeply anti-democratic.
The Unheavenly City at Fifty
Edward Banfield's book was ahead of its time––and ours.
Self-Driving, Not Self-Governing
What part of our humanity is lost when we think of our world and our place in it as governed by "progress?"
From Crusoe to Comics
If the novel doesn’t flourish, then our era is a purposeless one, and life a random course of ups and downs.
Everyday Niccolò
Machiavelli lived not for the sake of his own time or for his next life but for his progeny in later times.
Happiness and Honor
Lorraine Pangle’s Aristotle displays the sober guise of the serious gentleman while revealing the underlying substance of the manic philosopher.
Identity Theft
Where did the contempt for America’s people, principles, and culture come from?
Poverty Won
When government presumes to reshape society, the result is likely to be gory.
Aliens and Citizens
These recent books tell us something about our current challenges, though they’re not even thoughtful.
Founders’ Son
Abraham Lincoln never let himself forget that he stood on the shoulders of the American Founders.
The Comprehensive Human Right
The right to property is the key to preserving limited republican government.
Minnesota Nice
Few first-term legislators have had a more toxic effect on U.S. political culture than Representative Ilhan Omar.
The End of the World Has Been Postponed
Global warming, overpopulation, and energy shortages are not the dire crises environmentalists make them out to be.
Essays
Fixing Men
Male sexuality should be directed, not erased.
When Market Economists Fail
Saying goodbye to self-defeating libertarianism.
Health Care Is Not a Right
The single-payer con.
The Weak Leading the Woke
What we ask about when we ask about Joe.
College After COVID
Higher education’s online future.
Plymouth Rock Landed on Them
The immigration crisis of 1620.
Discovering Columbus
Heroes and history in an ideological age.
From the Editor's Desk
A Mostly Peaceful Debate
A normal candidate or a normal country? Choose wisely, America.
Correspondence
Correspondence, Fall 2020
Love and Death
Parthian Shot
The Revolution of 2020
The watchwords of the revolution of 2020 might well be, “With malice toward all, and charity for miscreants.”
Shadow Play
Tragedy with a Side of Redemption
Rewatching HBO's masterpiece, The Wire.