Author: Stephen Soukup › American Greatness

Heroic Doubling and Supporting Hamas

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April 27, 2024

Once again, young people who have nothing important or valuable in their lives and who believe in nothing substantive or enduring are demonstrating their desperate need for belonging and purpose.

The Left’s Repressive Tolerance

By Stephen Soukup

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April 20, 2024

“Free speech for me but not for thee” isn’t a critique to the left. It’s the blueprint.

Federalism or Teddy Roosevelt: You Can Only Pick One

By Stephen Soukup

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April 13, 2024

Trump’s supporters should be careful not to saddle him with the legacy of a man who did everything in his power to undermine the Constitution and its federalist spirit.

Saudi Arabia and a Tale of Two Presidencies

By Stephen Soukup

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April 6, 2024

The Saudis’ destabilization of the Biden White House should serve as a lesson for future American leaders about the importance of prudence, modesty, and fortitude in the conduct of foreign policy.

BlackRock, Larry Fink, and the Perils of Fame

By Stephen Soukup

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March 30, 2024

Fink has become famous as an enemy of fossil fuels and an advocate for a “green” energy transition. He doesn’t like that one bit.

The Paranoid Style in American Politics, Revisited

By Stephen Soukup

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March 23, 2024

The left in American politics has become the hub of Manichaean dualism. Bizarrely, the source of their paranoia and the object of their obsession is but one man, Donald Trump.

Anti-Semitism as the Harbinger of Global Chaos

By Stephen Soukup

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March 16, 2024

The parallels between the rise of Nazism and the current global unrest and demonization of the Jewish people is largely incontestable.

Moral Responsibility for ‘the Siege of Gaza’

By Stephen Soukup

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March 9, 2024

The Palestinian people are, indeed, suffering and dying needlessly and lawlessly. But it is Hamas, not Israel, that is to blame.

Decades Later, Hayek’s Warning on Planning Echoes Louder than Ever

By Stephen Soukup

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March 2, 2024

Governments are fixated on the idea that climate change should be mitigated through planning. The problem is that planning is less efficient and effective at processing information than markets.

Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness and the Triumph of the Ego

By Stephen Soukup

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February 24, 2024

Biden’s student loan forgiveness reinforces and institutionalizes the egoism of the American people. It assures them that government’s function is to see that their every need and desire is satiated.

Understanding Team Biden’s Push for ‘Indigenous Knowledge’

By Stephen Soukup

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February 17, 2024

The institutions of the West no longer believe in the supposition that the scientific method is the accepted methodology by which to arrive at objective conclusions about the physical world.

Toby Keith and the Changing Tides of American Politics

By Stephen Soukup

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February 10, 2024

Toby Keith and his politics were very much 21st-century American politics in microcosm, a sad and muddy tale of ideological realignment and partisan breakdown.

Disney’s Disastrous Directors

By Stephen Soukup

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February 5, 2024

The simple fact of the matter is that Disney’s inescapable problem right now is its stubborn and politically preoccupied chief executive.