From the Editor's Desk
The New War Between the States
Trumpism has enjoyed a second life at the state level.
Correspondence
Correspondence Spring 2023
Correspondence Spring 2023
Essays
Ungovernable France
A divided country lurches toward nationalism.
Between Heaven and Earth
Eric Voegelin on the right use of reason.
The Affirmative Action Regime
How diversity derailed the Constitution.
The First Ladies of Country Music
Listening to Patsy, Tammy, Loretta, and Dolly.
Crime and the Democrats, Revisited
The root causes of the party’s dilemma.
Book Reviews
Cultural Baggage
Mass immigration's self-destructive effects.
More Than a Feeling
The woke pathologies of our day.
Black Power
Celebrating the resilience, creativity, and contribution of the nation’s African founders.
Reading Lincoln
Popular sovereignty and the Civil War.
Corporations, Ancient and Modern
Little Man of History
Much of our modern world is prefigured in JFK's death.
His Obstinacy
Grover Cleveland’s staunch commitment to principle—and his stubbornness.
Choosing Defeat
Our defeat in Vietnam was the result of hesitancy and squeamishness about wartime tactics.
Set in Stone
Like Some Prophet of Old
MLK tragically forgot about the individual virtues that nurture community.
Protecting the Free Market
Free market advocates too easily embrace island fantasies if given the choice between protectionism abroad or government intervention at home.
Deep States
The old Midwest was a place animated by the belief that a self-governing republic is the best regime for man.
Shadow Play
Propaganda in Paradise?
James Cameron’s new Avatar meets Xi Jinping’s new China.
Parthian Shot
What We Share with Taiwan
Both Taiwan and the United States are woefully unprepared for major conflict.