Frankly, I Do Give a Damn: Thomas Frank’s Essays About America
If America has a rendezvous with doom rather than destiny, if our end lies not in physical destruction but in moral decline and material decadence, […]
Education
The University of Virginia Comes Up Short
Recently, a senior aide to the Trump Administration named Marc Short left the White House. The reasons for his resignation were not obscure. According to […]
What Are Your Child’s Passions?
If you ask most young people today if they have any hobbies, you will receive one of four answers: 1. “No.” 2. “What do you […]
Nikki Haley Undermines Her Own Audience
When a major political figure actively undermines her own base and somehow gets applauded for it, it is difficult to imagine a more absurd spectacle. […]
‘Colorism’ and the Permanent Revolution
When the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) gathered in Port Huron, Michigan, it is hard to imagine that they could have anticipated their coming […]
The New Model Military
For the vast majority of Americans, the military is a source of pride. And because of the uncompromising nature of war, and the naturally masculine […]
What the Imminent Janus Ruling Means for Government Unions
The U.S. Supreme Court is about to rule on Janus v. AFSCME, a case that challenges the ability of public sector unions to force government […]
Thinking Small in the Age of Greatness
The academic Left thinks big when it comes to #TheResistance. It thinks big in mounting symbolic protests such as the 2018 March for Science, the […]
The Cosmic Racist
Meet the enduring godfather of Razaismo: Any teacher can corroborate that the children and youths descended from Scandinavians, Dutch, and English found in North American […]
Tom Wolfe, 1930–2018: On the Late Literary Treasure
Editor’s note: This essay appears in the June 2018 issue of the The New Criterion. It is reprinted by their kind permission. The passing of Tom Wolfe last month at […]
How to Resurrect California’s Republican Party
Anyone taking a look at California’s June 2018 state primary ballot would have plenty of evidence to suggest the Republican Party in that state is […]
Wisdom, Unwisdom, and Jordan Peterson
The university takes upon itself two tasks: to educate the young in the most important things that can be learned from books, and to push […]
Why Democrats Depend Upon Antisemitic Votes
The Anti-Defamation League’s map of antisemitic incidents is almost the same as the map of blue states. Liberal Massachusetts, Florida, Pennsylvania, and California are the […]
The Great Wall of Harvard
President Trump’s vow to change a “rigged system” helped propel him to victory over stodgy supporters of “liberal” and “conservative” non-alternatives. His Department of Justice […]
A Taxonomy of Conservatives: The Policy Wonk
He has an encyclopedic knowledge of all recent studies that line up with his own ideas and pithy one-line complaints about the methodologies of those […]
Wolfe’s Witness
Tom Wolfe died last week. His works will live on for a long time. There is a scene in Wolfe’s 1968 book The Electric Kool-Aid […]
Make America Not Small Again
On the eve of the release of the IG report, President Trump can be seen in relief against the backdrop of a year and a […]
Letitia Chai’s Barren Ivy League Education
] The most remarkable thing about the title of this column is that not one reader will think it’s a joke. That, my friends, is […]
#NoMoreApologies
Does anyone say “department store” anymore? If you’re a Millennial or maybe even a tad older, you may not even be aware of what a […]
The War on Wisdom
There is more knowledge available today than ever before in history. But few would argue people are wiser than ever before. On the contrary, many […]