The Lights of Hanukkah and Christmas
May the light deliver us from the darkness of pride, arrogance, and hate.
First Principles
The Gift
In many ways, our giving culture defines America and Americans at their very best.
The War We Must Fight
We may be too weak to fight the anti-woke Communism war in which Tom Klingenstein urges us to enlist. But it’s a war we must prepare ourselves for, as the enemy is ourselves.
Reject John Brown, Embrace Abe Lincoln
Brown’s lawless radicalism is counterproductive to achieving worthy goals. As Lincoln’s prescient warnings demonstrate, the antidote to injustice is not mob violence.
Surmounting the Culture and Politics of Fear
Training in the martial arts strengthens both body and soul, to promote the warrior-scholar ideal.
Sotomayor, the Gospels, and the Tyranny of the COVID Bureaucracy
Our federal government now appears to be suffering from an unparalleled arrogance and corruption of its own, as many of state governments appear unable or unwilling to carry out their duties.
The De-Evolution of an Organization—and Country?
You almost never see a culture of greatness in any level of government—especially long-standing government. Here’s why.
The Folly of Wisdom in an Unwise Age
There is a distinction between conspiratorial thinking and critical thinking. Those alarmed by the prevalence of the former should be no less alarmed by the lack of the latter.
Why the Right Needs a More ‘Muscular’ and ‘Masculine’ Conservatism
True to form, David French spectacularly misses the point of the critique of conservative “fusionism.”
The Royalist Left Purges a Revolutionary: Thomas Jefferson
By aiming to overturn the founders’ victory, today’s leftists are engaged in an authoritarian counter-revolution. They are the new Royalists.
Whom Does Harvard Thank at Thanksgiving?
With its atheist chaplain, Harvard is engaged in killing the culture—the culture that midwifed to us this civilization, including Harvard.
Exploring the American Soul, One Story at a Time
Christopher Flannery hopes his podcast will “awaken the better angels of our nature and welcome us into and encourage us to enrich the great American Story.”
Why the Rittenhouse Case Has Changed Everything
The Rittenhouse case is a clinic in exactly why Americans have a right to an AR-15.
Thinking Critically About ‘Critical Thinking’
Reason allows us to distinguish between appearance and reality; but our reality turns out to be rooted firmly in the realm of appearance.
The Royalist Left
From Lenin to Pol Pot to Pelosi, for the royalist Left democracy becomes the road to serfdom, not the remedy for it.
Change, Change, Change
It is time to walk like a founder and talk about a new charter of government.
Bosses? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Bosses
Enough with bosses—they might need us but we don’t need them. The bosses won’t like it but humanity will.
The Case of Alec Baldwin
In these dreadful times when American justice is poisoned by politics, justice will not be done, and Alec Baldwin will walk. But let’s not give up hope yet.
A Reply to Ken Masugi
Whether the Claremont Institute has acted prudently depends on its understanding of American politics.
Political Rights Demand Respect for Private Choices
The personal choices of free men and women, and the official actions of the government, are in David Tucker’s imagination one and the same.