Can Western Cultural Literacy Make a Comeback?
Culture should not merely be passive entertainment, but an active (and often edifying) journey toward a better understanding of what it means to be human.
Books & Culture
The New American Slave Revolt, Led by Clarence Thomas
With a Fourth of July resolve we would do well to remember that the Washington elite and the administrative state that serves it can only be defeated when the people arise against it.
Of Dustbins and Binmen
If an intelligent janitor or maid cannot tell the difference between a genuine work of art and an art-world fraud then it is probably a pile of rubbish and should be treated accordingly.
Sing, America!
Must everyone cease to sing, because the village atheist is hoarse?
Ugliness For Its Own Sake
According to the enlightened, babies are racist now.
An Ode to Joy and Life in William Wyler’s ‘Roman Holiday’
We become more human when our minds and hearts are open to the beauty of earthly sacredness.
‘Maverick’ and the Next Phase of Conservative Filmmaking
Conservatives don’t know what to do with flawed protagonists, and flawed protagonists make the most interesting characters.
Hanging with the Gipper
A White House staffer’s fond recollections.
Where It Begins
Destroying the books has always been a key to destroying a culture. We must save our own culture before we save anyone else’s.
Statesmen at the Helm
If we want to recover “free and civilized human life,” we will need to recover the greatness that is Daniel Mahoney’s central subject.
Romance Without Eros
Although “The Essex Serpent” looks aesthetically beautiful at times, the series manages to evade the mystery of the man-woman relationship and ultimately falls flat.
Westerns Are Us
What remnants of the Western endure will be the survival of American culture.
Womanhood on Trial
Perhaps if Western society thought a little bit more in terms of what we do and not in terms of what we so narcissitically feel, we would be in a different place.
HBO’s ‘Tiger’: Golf’s GOAT and American Avenger
In the information age, being rich and famous might well come in second place to being rich and anonymous.
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Is the Movie America Needs Right Now
Tom Cruise’s latest blockbuster is one of the most feel-good, most patriotic, and most unapologetically American movies in a very long time.
Confronting Conformity and Collectivism with David Mamet
It is our own individual responsibility that must play a part in saving the order of things.
The Nauseous Canary Contemplates Nina Jankowicz’s Yearbook Page
Voted most likely to become Miss Information.
On the Road to American Destiny: John Ford’s ‘Stagecoach’
Ford is the great artist whose work continues to keep the American story alive.
More Dangerous Than the Old MAD
Unlike the old Mutually Assured Destruction of the Cold War era, Massive Attacks of Disruption are now a more imminent danger than traditional threats from state, non-state, and individual actors.