David Brooks’ insightful account of “a self-consciously built” “conservative legal infrastructure” behind Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination raises more fundamental questions about the Court and contemporary […]
It was winter and the streets of Vienna were covered with snow. The plows were busy for most of the night, and I watched them […]
On our nation’s 242nd birthday, national holidays are increasingly an occasion for Americans to disparage patriotism. On social media, fringe and establishment voices on Left […]
Abraham Lincoln delivered this address, which has come to be called “the electric cord” speech, in Chicago on July 10, 1858. Now, it happens that […]
The following is an excerpt from Calvin Coolidge’s (lengthy) speech in Philadelphia on July 5, 1926, marking the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. […]
The American war began in April of 1775. “By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled, Here once the […]
The owner of the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Virginia asked Sarah Huckabee Sanders to leave because the proprietor and her staff did not want […]
Americans commemorate days of birth and days of death of notable figures as a reminder of the contributions that they made to the nation’s history […]
In a column this week for The Washington Post, Michael Gerson laments the passing, at least in his imagination, of a time when America was […]
As Passover and Easter near, the heart and mind turn more intently to questions of the divine. How do we in the grubby business of […]
This year in the United States more than 35,000 people likely will die and more than 2 million people likely will be injured or disabled […]
After the most recent and disappointing budget deal, Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) asked his fellow Republicans on Twitter: “Are we to be conservative all the […]
On this day, which is no ordinary holiday for no ordinary man, let us speak a truth: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a great […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A common solution politicians and intellectuals on the Right offer to fix what ails our politics is to return to the principles of the American […]
“Coco” is the kind of family film that ought to cause even Hollywood skeptics to fall in love with the movies again. It advertises that […]
The rituals we observe, the company we keep, the memories we honor—these are the things that bind a people together and give them a sense […]
This week marked the 154th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address and it reminds us that the liberty we enjoy has purposes that transcend the things […]
