God Bless America
In the 21st Century gratitude has gone out of style, along with all sense of proportion.
From the Editor's Desk
God Bless America
In the 21st Century gratitude has gone out of style, along with all sense of proportion.
Correspondence
Correspondence, Spring 2019
Conservatism After Trump; The Nationalism We Need; American Exceptionalism; Deep in the Heart of Texas
Essays
Giving Up Darwin
A fond farewell to a brilliant and beautiful theory.
Hungary and the Future of Europe
Viktor Orbán's escalating conflict with liberalism.
Hayek’s Tragic Capitalism
There's more to life than economics, even for economists.
The Menace of Political Correctness
The Good Intentions Paving Company strikes again.
Tucker’s Right
The beginning of a new conservatism?
Book Reviews
Heart of Darkness
Paul Kenyon's latest book is entertaining, informative, and superficial.
Through a Glass, Darkly
The success of Hobbes's radical project seems more impressive than ever.
A Kinder, Gentler Gulag
Bhaskar Sunkara’s new promise of socialist life is indistinguishable from the old promise of socialist life.
The Most Dangerous Man in the World
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was one of the pivotal geniuses of the 20th century.
A Financial Fairy Tale
Adam Tooze has called our attention to an important episode in world financial history, but he has not explained it.
Up, Up, and Away
The American story of raising up the poor, our ancestors, and our fellow humans, is not close to finished.
The Big Three
If Clay, Calhoun, and Webster were the founders’ heirs, what did they inherit?
Fasten Your Seatbelts
Michael Anton gives eloquent expression to a philosophically grounded constitutional nationalism.
Vindicating the Constitution
The Constitution recognized those held in servitude as persons, not property.
The Koran and Jihad
Jihad remains a threat to Western civilization, although the extent is unclear.
Keynes’s Last Stand
Keynesianism is still unworkable and incoherent.
The Last Man and the Clash of Identities
Francis Fukuyama's half-hearted attempt to reground the nation in Rawlsian platitudes is unpersuasive.
Man of the Century
Andrew Roberts has written the best biography of Winston Churchill in almost 30 years.
A Bold Speculator
Albert Gallatin proved a bold speculator his whole life long.
Making Immigration Great Again
A son of Bangladeshi immigrants offers one of the best diagnoses of immigration policy in the last decade.
Storm of Insurrection
Frederick Douglass is a man of stark binaries and apparent paradoxes.
True Believers
Two years after Obama left the White House, the cockiness of his followers remains intact.
Shadow Play
The Prism of Art
Hidden signs of faith and redemption in two notable films from Europe.
Parthian Shot
Memo from Harvard Admissions
Race-blind admissions is an obvious racist tactic.
Patriotism vs. Multiculturalism
With responses from David Azerrad, Matthew Continetti, Allen C. Guelzo, and Roger Kimball.
The CRB Interview
Norman Podhoretz on Trump, Never Trumpers, Iraq, immigration, 2020 predictions, and more.