The Democrats’ Dilemma: Immigration and the Welfare State
The Democrats used to be the party of the working class: they supported trade unions and believed in the welfare state. Their goal was to […]
American Conservatism
Friedrich Hayek’s Enduring Legacy
In 1929, Benito Mussolini boasted, “We were the first to assert that the more complicated the forms assumed by civilization, the more restricted the freedom […]
Attacking Boys in the Name of Feminist Fairness
Hollywood and morality don’t really go together, yet somehow the media is full of moral preening from celebrities. Just like a fashion that goes in […]
More Than an Idea—a Nation
Both the far Left and the neoconservative Right were appalled by Donald Trump’s reported skepticism about taking in immigrants from “shithole countries.” The usual script […]
Trump is America’s Plumber
Donald Trump is not an ideological man. He ran by appealing to the sentiments that unite most working-class Americans, much like Ronald Reagan did in […]
View from Britain: Bonfire of the Pieties
Liberals haven’t taken the election of Donald Trump in stride. No, the seemingly grown adults who’ve spent the last 12 months donning pussy hats, then […]
DACA Doublespeak
In an extraordinary move last week, President Trump brought congressional leaders to the White House for a vigorous discussion of immigration policy. What made the […]
No, America’s Farmers Don’t Depend on Illegal Immigration
Liberals frame the debate over illegal immigration as a dilemma: either America grants amnesty to aliens or the economy will collapse. Some even imply that […]
How to Win Our (Un)Civil War
Ken Masugi, whom I have known and respected since we met while studying under the late Harry Jaffa during President Reagan’s first term, thinks my […]
To Tweet or Not to Tweet
I am about to do something all who know me will consider nearly impossible: Admit I was wrong. (Please do not alert my husband or […]
Flight 93 Has Not Landed
Like many readers of American Greatness, I have watched the unfolding debate over what can only be called “the Flight 93 question” with equal parts […]
Abandoning the NeverTrump Ship
With 2017 safely behind us and a new year beginning, the NeverTrump faction continues to offer opinions on President Trump that range from thoughtful and […]
Inside the Billionaire’s Blue-Collar Campaign
I thought throughout the 2016 presidential race that if it were a 1980s coming-of-age comedy, the Trump campaign would be the scrappy underdogs from the […]
The Rescue of Flight 93
Henry Olsen is in the front rank of American political analysts. His involvement in practical politics plus the depth of his scholarship allow him to […]
Boot Licking the Left
Max Boot has had his “come to Jesus” moment. In the pages of Foreign Policy magazine, we find an essay titled “2017 Was the Year I […]
Taking Trump Seriously
Trying to take Trump seriously, Michael’s Barone’s column in the Washington Examiner on Thursday, is significant for at least two reasons. One is that anything […]
Be Better Than Evan McMullin
Making failed presidential candidate and radical NeverTrumper Evan McMullin look like the smart guy in the room is quite a trick. But commentators on one […]
2018: A Year of ‘Must-Haves’ for the Trump Agenda
For President Trump and his supporters, there is no denying that 2017 has been a phenomenal year. On every front imaginable—from the economy and foreign […]
A Great Week for the President and a NeverTrump Crack-up
This week has been a vindication for much-maligned Trump supporters. Not only did the president have the best week of his administration, an internecine feud […]
Max Boot and Eliot Cohen: Intellectually and Morally Bankrupt
The unbounded corruption of our foreign policy establishment was on full display this week in an interview two dedicated NeverTrumpers, Max Boot and Eliot A. […]